1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 122, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 1 delete section 2
1.3Page 2, line 1, delete "
5" and insert "
4"
1.4Page 2, line 3, delete "
120" and insert "
90" and delete everything after the period
1.5Page 2, delete lines 4 to 8
1.6Page 2, line 11 delete "
6" and insert "
5"
1.7Page 2 line 19, delete "
two years" and insert "
42 months"
1.8Page 2 line 20 after "
provider" insert "
, except for an audit of public programs or
1.9where fraud has occurred"
1.10Page 2 line 24, delete "
Minnesota" and delete "
, who continues to practice chair-side
1.11and"
1.12Page 2, line 25, delete the comma
1.13Page 2, delete lines 26 to 31
1.14Page 2, line 32, delete "
(f)" and insert "
(d)"
1.15Page 3, delete subdivision 7, and insert:
1.16 "
Subd. 6. Payment for covered services. (a) No contract of any dental plan or
1.17dental organization that covers any dental services or dental provider agreement with a
1.18dentist may require, directly or indirectly, that a dentist provide services to an enrolled
1.19participant at a fee set by, or at a fee subject to the approval of, the dental plan or dental
1.20organization unless the dental services are covered services.
1.21 (b) A dental plan or dental organization or other person providing third-party
1.22administrator services shall not make available any providers in its dentist network to a
1.23plan that sets dental fees for any services except covered services.
1.24 (c) "Covered services" means dental care services for which a reimbursement
1.25is available under an enrollee's plan contract, or for which a reimbursement would
1.26be available but for the application of contractual limitations such as deductibles,
2.1co-payments, coinsurance, waiting periods, annual or lifetime maximums, frequency
2.2limitations, alternative benefit payments, or any other limitation."
2.3Page 3, line 5, delete "
; and" and insert a period
2.4Page 3, delete lines 6 to 8