SB 1444: Dental Care Services
GENERAL BILL by Brodeur
Dental Care Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide Medicaid reimbursements for dental services provided by a mobile dental unit owned by, operated by, or having a contractual agreement with a health access setting or a similar setting or program under certain circumstances; deleting the requirement that applicants for dental hygienist licensure demonstrate specified skills on a live patient; revising specified tasks that may be delegated only to a licensed dental hygienist; revising specified remediable tasks licensed dental hygienists may perform in health access settings without the physical presence, prior examination, or authorization of a dentist, etc.
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 926 (Ch. 2022-32)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Health Policy (HP)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
- Appropriations (AP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/4/2022 Senate • Filed
1/12/2022 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 127
1/18/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 127
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 926 (Ch. 2022-32)
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SB 1444, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/4/2022 at 2:44 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (4)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 997 Dental Care Services Bell Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 926 (Ch. 2022-32) 
H 517 (c2) Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Examinations Professions and Public Health Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 3/3/2022 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 926 (Ch. 2022-32)
S 184 Dental Therapy Brandes Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Health Policy
S 926 (er) Licensure Examinations for Dental Practitioners Albritton Compare Last Action: 4/8/2022 Chapter No. 2022-32
Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 409.906 Optional Medicaid services. Page 2 (pdf) 466.007 Examination of dental hygienists. Page 4 (pdf) 466.023 Dental hygienists; scope and area of practice. Page 5 (pdf) 466.024 Delegation of duties; expanded functions. Page 6 (pdf)