RELATING TO INCREASING CAPACITY FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES.

Makes the regulation of Community Care Family Foster Homes (CCFFH) and Home and Community-Based Case Management Agencies (HCCMA) an ongoing requirement. Increases the number of medicaid clients that a Community Care Family Foster Home (CCFFH) may be licensed to serve at any one time from 2 to 3 clients. Increases the number of clients that a Type I expanded adult residential care home may be licensed to serve at any one time from 5 to 6 clients.

RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION.

Improves access to psychotropic medication for all participants in all medicare and medicaid programs.

RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION.

Provides equal access when it comes to providing open, unrestricted access for Medicaid clients in need of psychotropic medications, regardless of whether they are in the Medicaid Fee-for-Service or Medicaid QUEST program.

RELATING TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Requires the department of health to provide vaccination, treatment, and education to the homeless for hepatitis, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases.

RELATING TO DENTISTS.

Establishes a dental care student loan repayment program as an incentive for dentists who serve in underserved communities and accept Med-QUEST and uninsured patients.

MAKES AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT TO GLOBAL MEDILINK TECHNOLOGY INC. FOR THE ORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE OF THE PACIFIC PROGRAM.

Makes an appropriation for a grant to Global Medilink Technology Inc. for continued operations of the Oral Health Institute of the Pacific program for dental clinics and services on the island of Maui for QUEST, SCHIP, and Medicaid recipients, and uninsured who cannot find dental services in the private sector.

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland