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NY S07281

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/29/2010

Primary Sponsor

Eric Schneiderman

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Origin

Senate

2009-2010 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires managed care programs to establish procedures ensuring participants can access medical assistance dental services outside the managed care provider when services are unavailable, emergency/geographically inaccessible, or otherwise entitled.

  • Permits dental services to be provided by diagnostic and treatment centers licensed under public health law that are affiliated with academic dental centers and have obtained operating certificates.

  • Requires diagnostic and treatment centers providing dental services to report annually to the governor and legislative leaders on total visits by medical assistance recipients, visits by managed care enrollees, visits by managed care enrollees with dental benefits, and visits by uninsured patients.

  • Directs the Department of Health to analyze and compare dental service expenditures and utilization rates for medical assistance recipients before and after removal of dental reimbursement from the medicaid managed care state payment rate, with findings due by December 1, 2011.

  • Takes effect 120 days after enactment.

Legislative Description

Requires managed care programs to establish procedures to assure participant access to medical assistance dental services to which they are otherwise entitled, other than through the managed care provider.

Last Action

PRINT NUMBER 7281A

6/17/2010

Committee Referrals

Health3/29/2010

Full Bill Text

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