HF337 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates under the Medicaid dental wellness plan.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: BRADLEY
Last action: 2025-02-26
Official status: Sponsor added, Young. H.J. 440 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates under the Medicaid dental wellness plan.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates under the Medicaid dental wellness plan.

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Bill History

2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Sponsor added, Young. H.J. 440 .
2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 302 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates under the Medicaid dental wellness plan.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

337

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

337

BY

BRADLEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

reimbursement

rates

under

the

Medicaid

1

dental

wellness

plan.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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337

Section

1.

MEDICAID

——

DENTAL

WELLNESS

PLAN

——

1

REIMBURSEMENT.

The

department

of

health

and

human

services

2

shall

require

any

Medicaid

dental

plan

contractor

managing

3

the

provision

of

dental

care

to

Medicaid

members

through

the

4

Medicaid

dental

wellness

plan

to

align

reimbursement

rates

5

for

dental

providers

with

the

reimbursement

rates

for

dental

6

providers

under

the

healthy

and

well

kids

in

Iowa

(Hawki)

7

program

under

chapter

514I,

in

order

to

maximize

dental

8

provider

participation

in

and

member

access

to

dental

services

9

under

the

Medicaid

dental

wellness

plan.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

relates

to

dental

services

provided

to

members

14

under

the

Medicaid

dental

wellness

plan.

The

bill

requires

the

15

department

of

health

and

human

services

to

require

any

Medicaid

16

dental

plan

contractor

for

the

Medicaid

dental

wellness

plan

17

to

align

reimbursement

rates

for

dental

providers

with

the

18

reimbursement

rates

for

dental

providers

under

the

healthy

and

19

well

kids

in

Iowa

(Hawki)

program

to

maximize

dental

provider

20

participation

in

and

member

access

to

dental

services.

21

-1-

LSB

2118YH

(1)

91

lh/ko

1/

1