Sec. 17b-282b. Implementation of state-wide dental plan. Waiver. Review of prior authorization requirements. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-282b. Implementation of state-wide dental plan. Waiver. Review of prior authorization requirements. (a) Not later than July 1, 2004, and prior to the implementation of a state-wide dental plan that provides for the administration of the dental services portion of the department's medical assistance, the Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the federal waiver approved pursuant to Section 1915(b) of the Social Security Act. Such waiver amendment shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-8.

      (b) Prior to the implementation of a state-wide dental plan that provides for the administration of the dental services portion of the department's medical assistance program, the Commissioner of Social Services shall review eliminating prior authorization requirements for basic and routine dental services. In the event the commissioner adopts regulations to eliminate such prior authorization requirements, the commissioner may implement policies and procedures for the purposes of this subsection while in the process of adopting such regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intention to adopt the regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementing the policies and procedures.

      (P.A. 03-155, S. 2; P.A. 04-16, S. 9.)

      History: P.A. 03-155 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-16 made technical changes in Subsec. (b).