Chapter 176Q of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4 the following section:-
Section 4A. (a) There shall be a commonwealth dental access program to be administered by the board, which shall provide access to stand-alone dental insurance plans to individuals who reside in the commonwealth and do not meet the definition of a qualified individual under 42 U.S.C. section 18032(f). The program shall operate independently from the connector established under this chapter.
(b) Information provided by or relating to an insured under this section shall not be considered a public record under clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 or chapter 66 and shall not be disclosed by the connector, except as required by federal law or as authorized by regulations promulgated by the attorney general.
(c) The connector shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
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