SB 27 RELATING TO MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO RESTORE BASIC ADULT DENTAL BENEFITS TO MEDICAID ENROLLEES

January 23, 2017
Senate Testimony

SB 27 makes an appropriation to the department of human services to restore basic adult dental benefits to Medicaid enrollees. Requires the department of human services to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for this expenditure.

Date: January 23, 2017 at 2:50 p.m.
Committee: Senate Committees on Human Services and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health
Testifier: David Lassner, Interim Chancellor and Jerris Hedges, MD, Dean with Dr. Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, Professor and Chair of Native Hawaiian Health John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Testimony (PDF)