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American Dental Education Association

Volume 2, No. 25, September 28, 2021

Keeping the Federal Government Open
 
Congress continues to endeavor to complete its work before the end of the year in fits and starts. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution, H.R. 5305 [ [link removed] ] , that would allow the government to function at current fiscal year levels beyond the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30 until Dec. 3.
 
The Continuing Resolution also contains a provision that would extend the debt limit. This provision is not bipartisan and may create problems for passage in the Senate. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the measure on Sept. 27. The bill’s passage will require 60 votes.

Minnesota Law Aims to Revamp Medicaid Dental Benefits and Launch Dental Home Demonstration Project
 
A bill that was recently signed into law in Minnesota aims to increase dental benefits and access to care for Medicaid enrollees in the state. HF 33 [ [link removed] ] is an omnibus health and human services bill that amends the state’s Medicaid dental benefits in the following ways:
 • It expands coverage of adult dental services to include coverage of nonsurgical treatment for periodontal disease, including scaling and root planing once every two years for each quadrant, and routine periodontal maintenance procedures.
 • It requires the Minnesota Commissioner of Human Services to review Medicaid dental program delivery systems in states with a dental carve out, and to analyze dental provider hesitancy to enroll as a provider.
 • It establishes a performance benchmark under which at least 55% children and adults who were continuously enrolled for at least 11 months in either medical assistance or MinnesotaCare through a managed care or county-based purchasing plan received at least one dental visit during the coverage year. Corrective action is required if a managed care or county-based purchasing plan has a rate of dental utilization that is 10% or more below the performance benchmark.
 • It requires the Dental Services Advisory Committee, in collaboration with specified stakeholders, to design a dental home demonstration project and present recommendations by Feb. 1, 2022, to the Commissioner of Human Services and the Minnesota Legislature.
 • It requires the Commissioner to submit annual reports, beginning March 15, 2022, and ending March 15, 2026, to the Legislature on dental utilization by adults and children for both fee-for-service and the prepaid medical assistance program.

ADEA Advocacy in Action
This appears weekly in the ADEA Advocate to summarize and provide direct links to recent advocacy actions taken by ADEA. Please let us know what you think and how we might improve its usefulness.
 
Issues and Resources
 • Provider Relief Fund Reporting portal [ [link removed] ]
 • ADEA memo [ [link removed] ] regarding vaccines at the state level
 • ADEA report [ [link removed] ] on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Dental Schools
 • ADEA policy brief [ [link removed] ] regarding overprescription of antibiotics
 • For a full list of ADEA memos, briefs and letters click here [ [link removed] ] .

ADEA State Calendar [ [link removed] ]

ADEA Washington Calendar [ [link removed] ]

ADEA U.S. Interactive Legislative and Regulatory Tracking Map [ [link removed] ]

Key Federal Issues [ [link removed] ]

Key State Issues [ [link removed] ]

The ADEA Advocate [ [link removed] ] is published weekly. Its purpose is to keep ADEA members abreast of federal and state issues and events of interest to the academic dentistry and the dental and research communities.
 
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B. Timothy Leeth, CPA
ADEA Chief Advocacy Officer
 
Bridgette DeHart, J.D.
ADEA Director of Federal Relations and Advocacy
 
Phillip Mauller, M.P.S.
ADEA Director of State Relations and Advocacy
 
Brian Robinson
ADEA Program Manager for Advocacy and Government Relations
 
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