| Sec. 1. Study to increase access to dental services for children in the MaineCare program. |
| Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a |
| broadly representative working group to study initiatives to increase |
| access to dental services for children in the MaineCare program. In |
| convening the working group, the department shall invite representatives |
| of dentists, dental hygienists, MaineCare members, the MaineCare Advisory |
| Committee, the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance and other |
| interested parties. In the study, the working group shall review options |
| for increasing access for children, including, but not limited to, |
| increasing reimbursement to the provider of dental services for the first |
| visit for a new patient, increasing reimbursement for providers of dental |
| services who care for a large volume of MaineCare members, incentives for |
| federally qualified health centers to provide or increase dental care and |
| the possibility of the provider's directing MaineCare reimbursement to a |
| deferred compensation or retirement plan. The department shall report on |
| the results of the study by the working group by February 1, 2006 to the |
| Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. |
