We are excited to share great news on the state budget related to Medicaid dental funding. On March 26, the state legislature’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC) finalized their proposed budget plan for the next state fiscal year, in what’s known as the “Long Bill.” As you know, the Governor’s budget proposal had requested cuts to Medicaid dental rates. We are …
A Big Year for Dentistry: 2017 Legislative Wrap-Up
By Jennifer Goodrum, CDA Director of Government Relations From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Colorado’s 2017 state legislative session began Jan. 11 and ended on May 10. Key themes during the 2017 legislative session included insurance reform, transportation, construction defects, marijuana, school finance reform and balancing a very constrained state budget. In spite of a legislative …
