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Health centers and clinics press Senate for Medicaid dental, ABA expansion in SB 2231 hearing
Summary
Senator Judy Lee told the Senate Human Services Committee she will seek an amendment to SB 2231 to add certain medical assistance benefits including adult dental treatment and broader ABA coverage.
Senator Judy Lee opened the hearing on Senate Bill 2231, which would amend covered services for medical assistance. She told the committee she intends to offer an amendment to add medically necessary dental services for adults and to expand applied behavioral analysis (ABA) coverage beyond current limits.
Kim Kuhlman, policy and partnership manager for the Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas (CHaD), testified in support of the bill if amended to add adult dental treatment for Medicaid expansion beneficiaries. “Currently over 34,000 North Dakotans covered by Medicaid expansion do not have dental coverage,” Kuhlman said, citing CHaD data on dental access and emergency visits for tooth pain. She told the committee that…
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