Relates to including dental implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program

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Relates to including dental implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program

Relates to including dental implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program Includes implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program if a qualified dentist authorizes the procedures.

What This Bill Does

• Relates to including dental implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program Includes implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program if a qualified dentist authorizes the procedures.

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Official Summary Text

Relates to including dental implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program
Includes implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program if a qualified dentist authorizes the procedures.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3566

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 28, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  CLEARE,  RIVERA,  WEBB  -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to including dental
          implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances,  crowns  and  root
          canals  as  medically  necessary dental care and services for coverage
          under the Medicaid program

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (f-1) to read as follows:
     3    (F-1) INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  DENTAL  IMPLANTS,  IMPLANT-RELATED
     4  SERVICES,  DENTAL  PROSTHETIC  APPLIANCES, REPLACEMENT DENTAL PROSTHETIC
     5  APPLIANCES, CROWNS AND ROOT CANALS FOR  POSTERIOR  AND  ANTERIOR  TEETH,
     6  CROWN LENGTHENING WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH A COVERED CROWN AND/OR ROOT CANAL
     7  IF A QUALIFIED DENTIST AUTHORIZES THE PROCEDURES;
     8    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     9  have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05284-01-5