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An Act To Improve Preventive Dental Health Care and Reduce Costs in the MaineCare Program
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.  A preventive oral health service once every 12 months to include, as necessary, an oral examination, prophylaxis and radiographs.
 
SUMMARY
This bill adds one annual preventive oral health visit to the MaineCare-covered oral health services for adults 21 years of age and older.