MA H1928

Bill

Relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
02/24/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to public health dental hygienists. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill seeks to amend Section 51 of Chapter 112 of the General Laws in Massachusetts to remove the restriction that public health dental hygienists can only seek reimbursement from Medicaid, except as required by federal Medicaid law. The change would allow these hygienists to seek reimbursement from other insurance providers or third-party payors, which aims to improve the financial sustainability of providing public health dental services.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (4)

Harriette Chandler (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Louis Kafka (D), Patrick Kearney (D),

Last Action

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence (on 06/22/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1928

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1928
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1928.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1144	Relative to hospital profit transparency and fairness	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1149	To require equivalent Medicaid reimbursement	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H138	Relative to fair pay for comparable work	Accompanied a new draft, see H4236	Similar To
H2834	Relative to reasonable municipal expenses	Accompanied a study order, see H4405	Similar To
H405	Relative to the charter school reimbursement rate for the town of Foxborough	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H793	Creating a special commission to study the equity of chapter 21J and 21O	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Similar To
S1679	Establishing a municipal gas tax reimbursement	Accompanied a study order, see S2795	Similar To
S1861	Resolve establishing a PILOT reimbursement commission	Discharged to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S251	Relative to circuit breaker reimbursement	Accompanied a new draft, see S2348	Similar To
S714	Relative to hospital profit and fairness	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

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