Resolve, To Improve Access to Dental Care through a Pediatric Medical Benefit

Sec. 1. Pediatric medical benefit. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall amend Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual to ensure equity between payment for preventive dental services provided for pediatric members, including fluoride varnish applications and oral evaluations, by medical providers at federally qualified health centers, which must be set at a rate greater than the ambulatory encounter rate used for medical providers, and payment for such preventive dental services provided in settings other than federally qualified health centers.

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This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rules in order to provide for equity between payment for preventive pediatric dental services, including fluoride varnish applications and oral evaluations, provided by medical providers at federally qualified health centers, which must be set at a rate greater than the ambulatory encounter rate used for medical providers, and payment for such services by medical providers in other settings.