Bill S.31

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1452        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 31

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Harriette L. Chandler

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
              Court assembled:

              The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to equitable reimbursement rates for services pro vided to publicly assisted patients.

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PETITION OF:

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to equitable reimbursement rates for services provided to publicly assisted patients.


 

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 7 of Chapter 118G of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding:

The executive office shall develop a plan to index the child and adult dental fee schedule to the seventy fifth percentile of the most current American Dental Ass ociation Survey of Dental Fees of General Practitioners by January 1, 2013.  The plan, at a minimum, shall include all dental services covered as of January 1, 2009.