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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Improve Dental Health for Maine Adults with Low Incomes’
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 and 3.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the following:
‘Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
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	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$2,077,596	$6,458,383	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$2,077,596	$6,458,383	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$5,626,588	$17,286,794	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$5,626,588	$17,286,794	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment removes from the bill provisions establishing the dental incentive payment program and the working group that would have designed it. It retains the adult dental benefit under MaineCare and the rulemaking implementing it. It also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)