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Amend the bill in section 3 in paragraph G in the last line (page 1, line 19 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "dental care." the following: 'The department shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this paragraph. Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.'
Amend the bill in section 6 in the first line (page 1, line 34 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "November" and inserting the following: 'October'
Amend the bill in section 7 by striking out all of the last paragraph (page 2, lines 15 and 16 in L.D.)
Amend the bill by adding after section 7 the following:
‘Sec. 8. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Appropriates and allocates funds for the net costs of providing MaineCare coverage for additional preventive oral health services for MaineCare-eligible adults 21 years of age and older.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$2,318,335	$2,947,778	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$2,318,335	$2,947,778	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$4,184,709	$5,318,566	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$4,184,709	$5,318,566	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. It makes consistent the dates by which the Department of Health and Human Services is to notify providers of the scope of dental benefits covered by the MaineCare program. It moves the directive to the department to adopt rules relating to coverage of adult preventive dental services and the designation of those rules as routine technical rules to allocated language.
This amendment also provides funding for increased MaineCare coverage required by the bill.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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