An act TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO 10 INCREASE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CERTAIN DENTAL 11 SERVICES AND TO SET AN ANNUAL REIMBURSEMENT CAP FOR 12 ADULT DENTAL SERVICES, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas               As Engrossed: S4/14/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                        A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            SENATE BILL 347

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5 By: Senator C. Penzo

6 By: Representative J. Mayberry

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8                                 For An Act To Be Entitled

9              AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO

10             INCREASE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CERTAIN DENTAL

11             SERVICES AND TO SET AN ANNUAL REIMBURSEMENT CAP FOR

12             ADULT DENTAL SERVICES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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16                       TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM

17                       TO INCREASE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR

18                       CERTAIN DENTAL SERVICES AND TO SET AN

19                       ANNUAL REIMBURSEMENT CAP FOR ADULT

20                       DENTAL SERVICES.

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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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24  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 20, Chapter 77, Subchapter 1, is

25 amended to add an additional section to read as follows:

26  20-77-154. Dental services reimbursement -- Adult with special needs

27 dental services cap.

28  (a)(1) The Arkansas Medicaid Program shall increase reimbursement

29 rates for:

30                       (A) Oral and maxillofacial surgeons' dental services,

31 including anesthesia;

32                       (B) Pediatric dental services, including anesthesia; and

33                       (C) Dental services for adults with special needs.

34             (2) Beginning on September 1, 2025, the reimbursement rates

35 under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be set to sixty percent (60%)

36 of the fiftieth percentile for national fees as determined by the annual

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1 National Dental Advisory Service Comprehensive Fee Report adjusted for the

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3         (b) Beginning on September 1, 2025, the program shall increase the

4 annual reimbursement cap for dental services for adults with special needs

5 from five hundred dollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1,000).

6         (c) The Department of Human Services shall apply for any federal

7 waiver, Medicaid state plan amendment, or other authorization necessary to

8 implement this section.

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