Bill Text: TX HB1248 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of certain dental services to children at certain schools under the medical assistance program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-06 - Left pending in committee [HB1248 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1248-Introduced.html
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| By: Villarreal | H.B. No. 1248 | |
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| relating to the provision of certain dental services to children at | ||
| certain schools under the medical assistance program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsections (s-2) and (s-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (s-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (s)(2), a local or state | ||
| governmental entity operating a mobile dental facility or portable | ||
| dental unit that complies with the requirements of this subsection | ||
| may provide permanent molar sealants under Subsection (r) outside a | ||
| child's dental home for a child who is not accompanied by the | ||
| child's parent or guardian or another adult authorized by the | ||
| child's parent or guardian at a public school or open-enrollment | ||
| charter school where, during the preceding school year, at least 51 | ||
| percent of the students participated in the national free or | ||
| reduced-price lunch program established under 42 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1751 et seq. The entity must: | ||
| (1) have written consent to provide the services from | ||
| the child's parent or guardian that was given not earlier than one | ||
| year preceding the date the services are provided and that has not | ||
| been revoked; | ||
| (2) hold a permit to operate a mobile dental facility | ||
| or portable dental unit issued by the State Board of Dental | ||
| Examiners; | ||
| (3) provide each participant information about the | ||
| importance of regular dental visits and the names and contact | ||
| information for local dental service providers under the medical | ||
| assistance program; and | ||
| (4) provide all services at a fixed location on school | ||
| premises. | ||
| (s-3) For purposes of Subsection (s-2), "dental home" means | ||
| a dentist who provides preventive and primary dental care and other | ||
| dental services to a patient on an ongoing basis and coordinates | ||
| with dental specialists when dental services provided by a | ||
| specialist are needed. | ||
| SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
| a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
| federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
| the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
| authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
| waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
