AB 2207 Summary

• Requires the California Department of Health Care Services to expedite Medi-Cal dental provider enrollment by streamlining application processes and creating dental-specific enrollment forms.

• Mandates Medi-Cal managed care health plans provide dental screenings for eligible beneficiaries during initial health assessments and refer them to appropriate dental providers.

• Establishes new performance measures for both dental fee-for-service and dental managed care programs, with reporting timelines changing from annual to quarterly basis beginning April 30, 2017.

• Requires the department to annually publish utilization data for both dental fee-for-service and dental managed care programs no sooner than July 1, 2019, including provider patient numbers and preventive/treatment service details.

• Adds reporting requirements for the Dental Transformation Initiative (DTI) under the Medi-Cal 2020 demonstration project, including awareness plans, cost analysis, and program effectiveness assessments across four domain areas.