Bill Text: TX SB1263 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to certain Medicaid recipients.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1263 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1263-Introduced.html
86R10865 JG-D | ||
By: West | S.B. No. 1263 |
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relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to | ||
certain Medicaid recipients. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 32.054, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: | ||
(f) In addition to any emergency dental services already | ||
covered under the medical assistance program, the commission shall | ||
provide medical assistance reimbursement in an annual amount of not | ||
more than $750 for preventive dental services, including diagnostic | ||
services, tooth extractions, fillings, and annual cleanings, for | ||
recipients who are 21 years of age or older. | ||
(g) The commission shall provide medical assistance | ||
reimbursement for the medically necessary use of anesthesia during | ||
a dental service, as determined by the dentist performing the | ||
service, for a recipient with a disability or a recipient who is | ||
receiving treatment by an oral surgeon. The use of anesthesia is | ||
excluded from the annual maximum benefit amount under Subsection | ||
(f). | ||
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, 2019. |