Bill Number: HB 4223
Subject: Child Dental Screenings
Sponsor: Scott VanSingel
MASA Position: Support

Description: Requires dental screenings for children prior to starting kindergarten or first grade. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, require a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis applying to have a child registered for the first time in kindergarten or first grade to ensure that a dentist or dental hygienist conducted a dental oral assessment on the child that met certain requirements, or ensure that a governmental entity or person selected by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) conducted the assessment. By the 2020-2021 school year, require the DHHS to establish and maintain a dental oral assessment program to provide assessments to a child residing in the State whose parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis failed to meet the requirement described above. Require the DHHS to establish and maintain a dental oral assessment program by contracting with a government entity or person that met certain requirements. Require a person conducting a dental oral assessment to issue a written statement clearly indicating that follow-up treatment was required, if the assessment indicated that the child required follow-up care. Specify that the bill's provisions related to the dental oral assessment requirement and dental oral assessment program would not apply in a fiscal year in which the Legislature did not appropriate money for the program.

Position Notes:
Position Date: 03/20/2019
Bill Status: Introduced (2/21/2019; Referred to Committee on Families,Children and Seniors)
PA Number: NA
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