CHAPTER 159
S.P. 95 - L.D. 374
An Act to Consider Cost-effectiveness When Providing Medicaid Coverage for Dental Services
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3174-F, sub-§1, ¶¶C and D, as amended by PL 1991, c. 591, Pt. P, §13, are further amended to read:
C. Extraction of teeth that are severely decayed and pose a serious threat of infection during a major surgical procedure of the cardiovascular system, the skeletal system or during radiation therapy for a malignant tumor; and
D. Treatment necessary to relieve pain, eliminate infection, or prevent imminent tooth loss.; and
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §3174-F, sub-§1, ¶F is enacted to read:
F. Other dental services, including full and partial dentures, medically necessary to correct or ameliorate an underlying medical condition, if the department determines that provision of those services will be cost-effective in comparison to the provision of other covered medical services for the treatment of that condition.
See title page for effective date.
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