Business Meeting

AGENDA

Business Meeting
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Legislative Counsel Conference Room
925 L Street, Lower Level
Sacramento, CA 

The Commission will consider agenda items I-V at approximately 12:30 p.m. The precise time will vary depending upon the testimony of witnesses and will be determined at the discretion of the chair. Members of the public will have an opportunity to make comments about Commission agenda items during the meeting.

1. Draft Report - Salton Sea
    
2. Minutes from June 25, 2015, and August 27, 2015
    
3. Project Selection
    
4. Implementation
    
5. Reports from California State Auditor’s Office

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2015

For Additional Information Contact:
Carole D’Elia, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meeting

On Thursday, September 24, 2015, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing on Denti-Cal, the program that provides dental care for Medi-Cal recipients. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 437 of the State Capitol in Sacramento.

As part of this review, the Commission will examine the administrative workings of the Denti-Cal program and hear from advocates for improving Denti-Cal outcomes. The Commission also will examine impacts on Denti-Cal patients due to low dental provider participation rates and consider ideas to attract more providers and broaden the availability of care.

At the hearing the Commission will hear from two state legislators who will discuss their reasons for asking the Little Hoover Commission to review the Denti-Cal program. The Commission also will hear from a panel of representatives from the Department of Health Care Services and Delta Dental of California, who will discuss the current administration of the Denti-Cal program. Another panel will include representatives from the California Dental Association and the Children’s Dental Health Clinic, who will offer the dental provider perspective on Denti-Cal. Another panel will feature a senior director of the Children’s Partnership, a nonprofit child advocacy organization. She will speak about how current Denti-Cal difficulties directly impact children in California. The final panel will feature California’s new State Dental Director, who will describe how the California Department of Public Health is building a plan to reduce oral health disparities among California populations.

There will be an opportunity for public comment at the end of the hearing. The Commission also encourages written comments.

Immediately following the hearing, the Commission will hold a business meeting in the legislative counsel conference room located on the lower level of 925 L Street in Sacramento. Additional teleconference locations accessible to the public during the meeting will be: 41608 Indian Trail, Suite 1, Rancho Mirage, CA. Following the business meeting, the Californians’ Interactions with Government study subcommittee will meet to discuss next steps for the project.

All public notices for meetings are on the Commission’s website, www.lhc.ca.gov. If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Commission Executive Director Carole D’Elia at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, September 17, 2015.