Restoration of Adult Dental in the State's Medicaid Program
Authors
Publication date
3 March 2014
Publisher
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
Abstract
HB1516 SA2 Fact SheetTraditionally Illinois covered non-emergency adult dental services in Medicaid. However, Illinois eliminated these services as a Medicaid benefit for most adults in the Save Medicaid Access & Resources Together (SMART) Act, public act 097-0689 in 2012. HB1516 SA2 would fully restore preventive dental services (such as filling cavities and root canals) for adults under Medicaid
