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An Act To Promote Dental Services for Prenatal and Postpartum Women
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3174-F, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1997, c. 159, §1, is further amended to read:
 
D. Treatment necessary to relieve pain, eliminate infection or prevent imminent tooth loss; and
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §3174-F, sub-§1, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 159, §2, is amended to read:
 
F. Other dental services, including full and partial dentures, medically necessary to correct or ameliorate an underlying medical condition, if the department determines that provision of those services will be cost-effective in comparison to the provision of other covered medical services for the treatment of that condition.; and
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §3174-F, sub-§1, ¶G  is enacted to read:
 
G.  Dental services including diagnostic, preventive and restorative services to pregnant women and for one year after delivery to postpartum women.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides MaineCare coverage for dental services including diagnostic, preventive and restorative services to pregnant women and postpartum women 21 years of age and older.