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MI SB1069
Bill
AI Summary
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Allows dental hygienists to perform dental hygiene services under dentist supervision for dentally underserved populations through designated grantee health agencies, without requiring patients to have an assigned dentist or dental home.
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Designates grantee health agencies for 2-year periods if they are public/nonprofit entities, schools, or nursing homes with at least one dentist or hygienist on staff; or if they are individual dentists.
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Requires grantee health agencies that are dentists to accept patient referrals from dental hygienists and enter into memoranda of agreement with site operators if services are performed outside the dentist's private office.
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Provides civil liability protection for supervising dentists against claims for professional negligence or malpractice by dental hygienists, except in cases of gross negligence.
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Requires dental hygienists performing services for dentist grantee health agencies to maintain general liability insurance and serve dentally underserved populations.
Legislative Description
Health occupations; dentists; grantee health agencies; allow department to designate dentists as grantee health agencies, limit civil liability under certain circumstances, and require dental hygienists to maintain liability insurance under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 16625 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16625).
State agencies (existing): community health
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Health Policy
9/8/2016