Revised
April 24, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 15, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula (Coauthor: Assembly Member Wood) (Coauthor: Senator Ochoa Bogh) |
February 13, 2024 |
This bill would require the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with California Northstate University (CNU), no later than _____, to establish a statewide program centered in the state’s regional centers, to improve the provision of dental care services to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and specifically to prevent or reduce the need for developmental services consumers to receive dental treatment using sedation and general anesthesia. The bill would require the program to establish an Oral Health for People with Disabilities Technical Assistance Center, headquartered at CNU. The
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute to facilitate timely, safe, and adequate dental care for individuals with developmental disabilities.
No later than ____, the department shall contract with California Northstate University to establish a statewide program centered in the state’s regional centers, to improve the provision of dental care services to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and specifically to prevent or reduce the need for developmental services consumers to receive dental treatment using sedation and general anesthesia. The program shall establish an Oral Health for People with Disabilities Technical Assistance Center headquartered at California Northstate University to
do all of the following:
(a)Provide practical experience, systems development, and expertise in relevant subject areas.
(b)Work with regional centers to engage their participation.
(c)Enlist dental offices and clinics to participate and establish teams of community-based allied personnel and dentists to work with each participating regional center.
(d)Design and support customized systems in each community in conjunction with the local oral health community and regional center personnel.
(e)Provide an initial and ongoing
training, monitoring, and a support system for participating oral health personnel, including, but not limited to, dental offices and clinics, and dentists and allied dental personnel.
(f)Provide an initial and ongoing training, monitoring, and a support system for regional center personnel.
(g)Monitor and support development and sustainability of the systems for each regional center.
(h)Organize and direct a statewide advisory committee and learning community.
(i)Collect and analyze program data with the support of participating regional centers and oral health providers. The department
shall submit an annual report of these data to the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution due to the unique challenges of finding dentists and associated dental personnel with appropriate knowledge, training, and support to provide timely, safe, and adequate dental care services to individuals with developmental disabilities who are regional center consumers, including avoiding the unnecessary use of sedation or general anesthesia in the course of providing those services.