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Relates to: HB 370;HM 1; SB 173
Responses
Received From
Department
of Health (DOH)
Health
Policy Commission (HPC)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate
Joint Memorial 24 requests that the University of New Mexico (UNM)
Significant
Issues
When
compared to other states,
The
proposed task force in SJM 24 would enhance the efforts of the Department of
Health with the
Innovative
fluoride varnish programs, which have been implemented in other states, do not
require special equipment and can be applied by trained non-dental
providers. Implementation of an
innovative fluoride varnish program would allow prevention and intervention
strategies to take place at an earlier age.
PERFORMANCE
IMPLICATIONS:
Proposed Performance Measure: Number of children ages 0 – 3 with baby
bottle tooth decay.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
Participation
in the task force could be accomplished with current staff.
RELATIONSHIP
Relates
to:
HM1– State Dental Education Summit, which
requests that the Health Policy Commission and the Commission on Higher
Education create a task force to study and assess the adequacy of dental
education and programs in
HB370
- requesting $25,000
appropriation to the University of New Mexico (UNM) Board of Regents for
expenditure in the Health Sciences Center (HSC) Division of Dental Services to
fund an early childhood dental caries program.
SB173
– Expanding Access to Dental and Health Services by appropriating $1.2 million
to contract with rural primary care health centers and dental clinics.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
Page 3, lines 20-22 -- “the University of
New Mexico Health Sciences Center Division of Dental Services” and “the
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The
oral health needs of New Mexicans are seriously unmet partly due to a shortage
of dental professionals. In 1998,
Lack
of dentists in the workforce especially in underserved and rural areas of
At
their
Numerous
studies have identified that poor access to dental care services may be related
to low-income families who live in rural areas with no access to dental
services in a community, and/or do not understand the importance of early preventive
measures.
BD/yr