County health systems: County of San Mateo: dental care services.

Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. Existing law authorizes the County of San Mateo, and other counties electing to do so, to, by ordinance, establish a commission to arrange for the provision of health care services provided pursuant to the Medi-Cal program, and to provide health care delivery systems to other specified persons. This bill would additionally authorize the County of San Mateo to arrange for the provision of dental care services provided pursuant to the Medi-Cal program. The bill would authorize the county to establish a 5-year pilot project to take any or all of certain activities relating to dental services, including, but not limited to, partnering with dental providers to deliver an integrated care approach to enrolled members, and establishing objectives for improving access to oral health care, including access to dental prevention services and pediatric dentistry. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of San Mateo.