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House approves Medicaid dental pilot tying University of Utah study to services for people experiencing homelessness
Summary
The House passed first substitute HB 435 unanimously (69–0). Sponsor Representative Eliason said the University of Utah School of Dentistry will cover the state's Medicaid match for a pilot that reported higher treatment completion, employment outcomes and reductions in homelessness among participants.
The Utah House on March 1–2, 2018 approved first substitute House Bill 435, a measure to extend Medicaid dental benefits as part of a pilot that the sponsor said served people experiencing homelessness and substance use disorder.
Representative Eliason told the House the pilot, funded for three years by a HRSA grant and run through the University of Utah School of Dentistry, produced meaningful results in committee testimony: he cited a 48 percent higher treatment-completion rate among participants compared with a control group, a…
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