HI SB343

Permits dental hygienists to apply preventative sealants in consultation with a licensed dentist at federally qualified health centers and in school-based dental sealant programs.

Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer a school-based dental sealant program in a high-need demonstration school to provide sealants to high-risk students with susceptible permanent molar teeth.

Requires the Department of Health to participate in the national oral health surveillance system managed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors.

Mandates the Department of Health to submit a report to the legislature by 20 days prior to the 2015 regular session detailing progress on the demonstration program, statewide implementation strategies, and plans to meet the Healthy People 2010 oral health objective of 50% of eight and fourteen-year-old children having sealants on permanent molars.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 to establish and administer the school-based dental sealant program with plans for statewide implementation; effective January 1, 2054 and repealed January 1, 2057.