Bill Text: IA SF327 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to dental provider reimbursement under the dental wellness plan and the dental wellness plan kids.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-20 - Subcommittee: Klimesh, Costello, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 327. [SF327 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF327-Introduced.html
Senate
File
327
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
327
BY
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
DONAHUE
,
ZIMMER
,
and
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
dental
provider
reimbursement
under
the
1
dental
wellness
plan
and
the
dental
wellness
plan
kids.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DENTAL
WELLNESS
PLAN
AND
DENTAL
WELLNESS
PLAN
1
KIDS
——
PROVIDER
REIMBURSEMENT.
A
provider
participating
in
2
the
dental
wellness
plan
or
the
dental
wellness
plan
kids
3
shall
be
reimbursed
for
services
at
the
percentage
of
the
4
usual,
customary,
and
reasonable
fee
or
at
the
percentage
of
5
the
commercial
dental
insurance
billed
charges,
whichever
is
6
higher,
to
align
dental
provider
reimbursement
rates
under
the
7
dental
wellness
plan
and
the
dental
wellness
plan
kids
with
8
reimbursement
rates
under
the
healthy
and
well
kids
in
Iowa
9
(Hawki)
program
pursuant
to
chapter
514I,
in
order
to
maximize
10
dental
provider
participation
in
and
member
access
under
the
11
dental
wellness
plan
and
the
dental
wellness
plan
kids.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
requires
that
a
provider
participating
in
the
16
dental
wellness
plan
or
the
dental
wellness
plan
kids
shall
17
be
reimbursed
for
services
at
the
percentage
of
the
usual,
18
customary,
and
reasonable
fee
or
at
the
percentage
of
the
19
commercial
dental
insurance
billed
charges,
whichever
is
20
higher,
to
align
dental
provider
reimbursement
rates
under
the
21
dental
wellness
plan
and
the
dental
wellness
plan
kids
with
22
those
under
the
healthy
and
well
kids
in
Iowa
(Hawki)
program,
23
in
order
to
maximize
dental
provider
participation
in
and
24
member
access
under
the
dental
wellness
plan
and
the
dental
25
wellness
plan
kids.
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