BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 1098 Page 1 SENATE THIRD READING SB 1098 (Cannella) As Amended August 15, 2016 Majority vote SENATE VOTE: 38-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ |Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Health |18-0 |Wood, Maienschein, | | | | |Bonilla, Burke, | | | | |Campos, Chiu, Gomez, | | | | |Roger Hernández, | | | | |Lackey, Nazarian, | | | | |Olsen, Patterson, | | | | |Ridley-Thomas, | | | | |Rodriguez, Santiago, | | | | |Steinorth, McCarty, | | | | |Waldron | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Appropriations |20-0 |Gonzalez, Bigelow, | | | | |Bloom, Bonilla, | | | | |Bonta, Calderon, | | | | |Chang, Daly, Eggman, | | | | |Gallagher, Eduardo | | SB 1098 Page 2 | | |Garcia, Holden, | | | | |Jones, Obernolte, | | | | |Quirk, Santiago, | | | | |Wagner, Weber, Wood, | | | | |McCarty | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUMMARY: Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) by October 1, 2017, to report to the Legislature on progress towards the goal of raising the Denti-Cal utilization rate among eligible child beneficiaries to 60% or greater and identify a date by which DHCS projects this utilization goal will be met. Authorizes DHCS to include in the report any recommendations for legislative consideration that would assist the department in meeting the goal by the specified date, and if applicable, to engage relevant stakeholders in the development of those recommendations. Repeals the provisions of this bill on January 1, 2021. FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, to the extent this bill results in additional utilization of dental services based on the specific utilization goal of 60%, unknown, potentially significant costs to the Denti-Cal program, as well as potential cost avoidance through prevention of more severe dental problems by improving access to dental preventive care (General Fund/federal). The net effect is unknown. COMMENTS: According to the author, in a state audit of DHCS' Denti-Cal Program released in 2014, the auditor concluded that "DHCS' information shortcomings and ineffective actions are putting children enrolled in Medi-Cal at higher risk of dental disease." It is unacceptable that a program established to provide the most vulnerable population of children with oral SB 1098 Page 3 health services is placing those children at risk of dental disease. Analysis Prepared by: Rosielyn Pulmano / HEALTH / (916) 319-2097 FN: 0004104