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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-2504" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Oral Health Safety Net Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Office of Oral Health shall conduct an annual evaluation of the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The evaluation required under this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Data on any progress resulting from each grant awarded under this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Data on any progress of the overall Program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Data demonstrating any increase in the use of restorative dental care among underserved populations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Data from any statewide survey conducted by the Department that demonstrates any progress of the Program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department, in conjunction with the Office of Oral Health, shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on or before November 1 of each year on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The results of the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Findings and recommendations for the Oral Health Program and any other oral health programs established under Title 18, Subtitle 8 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The availability and accessibility of dentists throughout the State participating in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The outcomes that managed care organizations and dental managed care organizations under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program achieve concerning the utilization of targets required by the Five Year Oral Health Care Plan, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Loss ratios that the managed care organizations and dental managed care organizations experience for providing dental services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Corrective action by managed care organizations and dental managed care organizations to achieve the utilization targets; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The allocation and use of funds authorized for dental services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
