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Committee backs $5 million restricted account for uninsured children’s dental care (SB 285)
Summary
The Health & Human Services Committee favorably recommended substitute SB 285 to create a $5 million restricted account intended to expand preventive and restorative dental care for uninsured K–12 students; sponsors and health advocates highlighted high childhood tooth decay rates and potential school-attendance benefits.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Feb. 19 favorably recommended first substitute SB 285, a bill that would create a restricted $5,000,000 account to expand dental and oral-health services for uninsured K–12 children.
Sponsor remarks described the bill as a prevention-oriented effort and noted changes in federal policy will drop thousands of children from Medicaid and CHIP next year. “We know thousands of kiddos will be dropping out of medicaid and chip in the next year,” the sponsor…
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