A bill for an act relating to prior authorization for dental care services, notice to dental care providers that a dental care service plan is state-regulated, and the recovery of overpayments by a dental carrier.
SF 470 establishes new regulations for dental care services, impacting dental care providers and insurance carriers. The bill modifies the process for prior authorization of dental treatments. It also requires dental insurance carriers to inform providers if their service plans are state-regulated. Additionally, the bill sets guidelines for how dental carriers can recover overpayments made to providers.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 27, 2025
Signed May 1, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a line-by-line legislative markup style into a standard readable document format. The substantive policy content, including section numbers, definitions, and requirements for dental care prior authorization and overpayment recovery, remains unchanged.
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The entire document was converted from a vertical line-by-line legislative markup format (used for tracking amendments) into a standard horizontal paragraph format for readability. No substantive policy, legal, or procedural changes were made to the bill's content.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2025 · House Mar 19, 2025
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 51
Mar 17, 2025
D
Democratic16
81% Yea
R
Republican35
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
1
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0.
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0.
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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