House File 308 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to providing a dental home for children under the
  2    medical assistance program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1471YH 82
  5 pf/es/88

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 249J.14, subsection 7, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    7.  DENTAL HOME FOR CHILDREN.
  1  4    a.  By July 1, 2008, every Every recipient of medical
  1  5 assistance who is a child twelve years of age or younger shall
  1  6 have a designated dental home and shall be provided with the
  1  7 dental screenings and preventive care identified in the oral
  1  8 health standards under the early and periodic screening,
  1  9 diagnostic, and treatment program.
  1 10    b.  The dental home provisions of paragraph "a" shall be
  1 11 implemented and provided to children, based on age, as
  1 12 follows:
  1 13    (1)  By July 1, 2008, to children six years of age and
  1 14 younger.
  1 15    (2)  By July 1, 2009, to children seven years of age and
  1 16 younger.
  1 17    (3)  By July 1, 2010, to children eight years of age and
  1 18 younger.
  1 19    (4)  By July 1, 2011, to children nine years of age and
  1 20 younger.
  1 21    (5)  By July 1, 2012, to children ten years of age and
  1 22 younger.
  1 23    (6)  By July 1, 2013, to children eleven years of age and
  1 24 younger.
  1 25    (7)  By July 1, 2014, to children twelve years of age and
  1 26 younger.
  1 27                            EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill provides that a dental home for children who are
  1 29 recipients of Medicaid 12 years of age or younger will be
  1 30 provided on a graduated basis, based upon the age of the
  1 31 child.  Current law requires that a dental home for children
  1 32 12 years of age or younger is to be provided under the
  1 33 Medicaid program by July 1, 2008.  Under the bill, with the
  1 34 graduated implementation, children 12 years of age or younger
  1 35 will be provided a dental home by July 1, 2014.
  2  1 LSB 1471YH 82
  2  2 pf:nh/es/88