FIFTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2019

February 20, 2019

Mr. Speaker:

    Your STATE GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS & INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 308

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 34, lines 5 through 25 and on page 35, lines 1 through 4, strike Section 12 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new section:

     "SECTION 12. A new section of the Dental Health Care Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] DENTAL THERAPY--PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTS.-- 

          A. A dental therapist shall practice only in the following environments:

                (1) a nonprofit community dental organization;

                (2) a health facility operated by the federal Indian health service;

                (3) a health facility that a tribe operates under Section 638 of the federal Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act;

                (4) a federally qualified health center;

                (5) a facility certified by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services as a "federally qualified health center look-alike" facility;

                (6) a private residence or a facility in which an individual receives long-term community-based services under the state's medicaid program;

                (7) a long-term care facility;

                (8) a private residence, when exclusively to treat an individual who, due to disease, disability or condition, is unable to receive care in a dental facility; or

                (9) an educational institution engaged in the training of dental therapists accredited by the commission on dental accreditation.

          B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit, restrict or impose state licensure or regulatory requirements or obligations on the practice of dental therapy:

                (1) on tribal lands; or

                (2) by a dental therapist who is employed by a tribal health program, a federal Indian health program or a federally operated Indian health service health care site."".