Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act
Official title: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to prohibit lifetime or annual limits on dental coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and to re… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to prohibit lifetime or annual limits on dental coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and to require wraparound coverage of dental services for certain children under such program.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act
This bill modifies dental coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Specifically, the bill prohibits lifetime or annual limits on CHIP dental coverage. It also requires states to offer dental-only supplemental coverage under CHIP to children who have other health insurance but are otherwise eligible for CHIP (i.e., wraparound coverage); such coverage is currently at the option of the state.
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- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
- DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9833: Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9833/
"H.R. 9833: Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9833/.
H.R. 9833, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9833/.
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