Senate Committee Substitute

SCS/SB 993 - This act authorizes the Missouri Dental Board, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Office of Dental Health within the Department of Health and Senior Services, to approve pilot projects designed to examine new methods of extending care to under-served populations. Such projects may employ techniques or approaches to care that may necessitate a waiver of statute or regulation and shall follow the requirements of the act regarding scope, content, and reports.

The provisions of this act shall expire on August 28, 2026, and a report of the pilot projects approved by the Board shall be submitted to the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2025.

This act is identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS#2/SS/HB 2149 (2022) and SCS/SB 1153 (2022) and substantially similar to HB 2362 (2022).

SARAH HASKINS


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