Bill Text: TX SB556 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to adults with disabilities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Co-author authorized [SB556 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB556-Introduced.html

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86R3391 JG-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 556

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to
adults with disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.054, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The commission shall provide medical assistance
reimbursement for dental services, including preventive dental
services, for an adult recipient with a disability to prevent
serious medical conditions and reduce emergency room visits by the
recipient necessitated by complications resulting from a lack of
access to dental care.
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.