Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-464-R4

4th Redraft EHS 464

MA Health Adult Dental I

Ms. Chandler and Messrs. Knapik and Richard Moore and Ms. Jehlen and Mr. Montigny and Ms. Creem, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Ms. Spilka and Ms. Fargo and Messrs. Michael Moore and Wolf and Ms. Candaras and Messrs. McGee and DiDomenico moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, item 4000-0300, by adding the following words: - “provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall report semi-annually to the house and senate committees on ways and means relative to the impact of the reductions in adult dental services in MassHealth; and provided further, that such semi-annual reports shall include, but not be limited to, a detailed itemization of covered services and service utilization by service type, utilization of health safety net services, geographical location of the member receiving the service and the number of MassHealth clients unable to receive restorative dental health services who are pregnant, developmentally disabled, medically compromised patients or with HIV/AIDS, data detailing the time that elapses between a member’s request for services and commencement of services and semi-annual data on utilization rates of emergency room visits related to dental health.”