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House moves Medicaid dental waiver effective date to July and allows contracting flexibility, says sponsor
Utah House of Representatives · March 9, 2017
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Summary
Senate Bill 274 was passed to shift the Medicaid dental-waiver effective date to July 1, 2017, aligning implementation with the fiscal year and to give the Department of Health flexibility to change contracting after the first year. Sponsor said the bill will help about 34,000 disabled adults. Vote: 73–0.
The House passed an amendment to the Medicaid dental-waiver schedule that moves the program’s effective date to July 1 to align with the fiscal year and gives the Department of Health authority to adjust dental-provider contracting…
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