Bill Text: NC H144 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: No Set Fee/Noncovered Dental Services

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-3)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-21 - Ch. SL 2010-138 [H144 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2010-H144-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 144*

 

 

Short Title:        Special Care Dentistry Collaboration.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Farmer‑Butterfield, Pierce, Bordsen, Mobley (Primary Sponsors);  K. Alexander, M. Alexander, Allred, Bryant, Cotham, Current, England, Faison, Fisher, E. Floyd, Glazier, Harrison, Insko, Luebke, McLawhorn, Tarleton, Tolson, Wainwright, R. Warren, Weiss, and Wray.
Referred to:	Aging, if favorable, Health.

February 12, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to direct the division of Medical assistance, Division of public health, and division of aging and adult services, department of health and human services, to collaborate with the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and east carolina university schools of dentistry, the north carolina dental society, and current special care dental providers, to examine dental care options, as recommended by the north carolina study commission on aging.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Division of Medical Assistance, Division of Public Health, and Division of Aging and Adult Services in the Department of Health and Human Services shall collaborate with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the East Carolina University Schools of Dentistry, the North Carolina Dental Society, and current providers of special care dentistry services, to examine current dental care options for special care populations.  The collaboration of these groups shall result in suggestions for ways to improve the availability of services for special care populations.  These groups shall report findings and recommendations to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging and the Public Health Study Commission on or before February 1, 2010.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.