Public Act 0283 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1948 Enrolled LRB097 05407 KTG 45465 b

Public Act 097-0283

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is amended by adding Section 65 as follows:

(215 ILCS 106/65 new)

Sec. 65. Dental home initiative. The Department, in cooperation with the dental community and other affected organizations such as Head Start, shall work to develop and promote the concept of a dental home for children covered under this Act. Included in this dental home outreach should be an effort to ensure an ongoing relationship between the patient and the dentist with an effort to provide comprehensive, coordinated, oral health care so that all children covered under this Act have access to preventative and restorative oral health care.

Section 10. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is amended by adding Section 54 as follows:

(215 ILCS 170/54 new)

Sec. 54. Dental home initiative. The Department, in cooperation with the dental community and other affected organizations such as Head Start, shall work to develop and promote the concept of a dental home for children covered under this Act. Included in this dental home outreach should be an effort to ensure an ongoing relationship between the patient and the dentist with an effort to provide comprehensive, coordinated, oral health care so that all children covered under this Act have access to preventative and restorative oral health care.

Section 15. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 5-5.06 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-5.06 new)

Sec. 5-5.06. Dental home initiative. The Department, in cooperation with the dental community and other affected organizations such as Head Start, shall work to develop and promote the concept of a dental home for children covered under this Article. Included in this dental home outreach should be an effort to ensure an ongoing relationship between the patient and the dentist with an effort to provide comprehensive, coordinated, oral health care so that all children covered under this Article have access to preventative and restorative oral health care.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.