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Volume: VII, Issue: 3
March 8, 2019

86th Texas Legislature
Oral Health Related Bill Watch


SB 556 - Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to adults with disabilities. Referred to Health and Human Services on 2/21/2019.  
HB 1647 - Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to adults with disabilities.  Referred to Health and Human Services on 3/4/2019.  
Scheduled for public hearing on 3/12/2019.
Call to Action:  Please contact members of House and Human Services before Tuesday, March 12, 2019.
Contact list for Senate Health & Human Services and House Human Services committee members.

SB 1263 -  Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to certain Medicaid recipients. Referred to Health and Human Services on 3/7/19. No companion bill filed.​

SB 510 - Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene.  Referred to Health and Human Services on 2/14/2019.
HB 2275 - Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene.  Referred to Public Health on 3/6/2019.
 

SB 792 - Relating to the practice of dentistry and the provision of teledentistry dental services.  Referred to Health and Human Services on 3/1/2019.
HB 1756 - Relating to the practice of dentistry and the provision of teledentistry dental services.  Referred to Public Health on 3/4/2019.
 

SB 630 Relating to a study and report regarding shortages in certain health professions.  Referred to Higher Education on 3/6/19.
HB 80 - Relating to a study and report regarding shortages in certain health professions.  Referred to Higher Education on 2/12/19 and held a public hearing on February 27, 2019.  It was amended in committee and reported favorably as substituted on 3/6/2019.
 

SB 1030 - Relating to the duty of a water supply system to provide certain information to consumers regarding fluoride in drinking water.  Referred to Water & Rural Affairs on 3/7/2019. No companion bill filed.
 

HB 3552 - Relating to certain notice requirements regarding fluoridation of a water supply system.  Filed on 3/6/2019. No companion bill filed.
 

HB 1862 - Relating to certain required disclosures and prohibited practices of certain employee benefit plans and health insurance policies that provide benefits for dental care services. Referred to Insurance on 3/5/19. 
SB 1550 - Relating to certain required disclosures and prohibited practices of certain employee benefit plans and health insurance policies that provide benefits for dental care services. Filed on 3/5/2019.
HB2486 - Relating to certain required disclosures and prohibited practices of certain employee benefit plans and health insurance policies that provide benefits for dental care services. Filed on 2/26/2019.
 

SB 1635 - Relating to medical and dental clinical education in public and nonprofit hospitals. Filed on 3/6/19.

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