FL H0517

Agency for Health Care Administration must establish network adequacy standards with time and distance travel requirements for each provider type and specialty service covered by prepaid dental plans, including standards for each level of sedation dentistry

Sedation dentistry standards must ensure sufficient capacity for enrollees requiring medically necessary sedation to access at least two preventive or treatment appointments per year, with travel standards no greater than those for general dentistry

Medicaid managed care plan provider network databases must identify whether providers are accepting new Medicaid patients

Prepaid dental plan online databases must clearly identify sedation dentistry providers, list specialty providers separately from general dentists, and specify the specialty services offered by each provider

Effective date: July 1, 2026