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Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act

9833

119th Congress

Health

In Committee

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

July 22, 2026

Latest Action

July 22, 2026

Primary Sponsor

Nanette Diaz BarragánDemocratic(CA)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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Summary

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.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (3)

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Filing registrants (3)

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS (1)AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION (1)DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION (1)

AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONclient→AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION

2026 · third_quarter · Insurance

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Medicare Advantage supplemental dental benefits, including benefit transparency, encounter data, marketing, beneficiary understanding of coverage, alignment of advertised benefits with actual coverage, consumer protections, surprise billing, provider directory accuracy, and oversight of dental benefit administration. CMS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027 and CMS RFI on the essential health benefits framework and typical employer standard, including pediatric oral health EHB, adult dental coverage, stand-alone dental plans, riders, carve-outs, and state flexibility. ERISA preemption and dental benefit plan accountability, including noncovered services, network leasing, assignment of benefits, virtual credit cards, prior authorization, retroactive denials, downcoding, prompt payment, and application of state dental insurance reforms to self-funded plans. H.R. 1521, Dental and Optometric Care (DOC) Access Act S. 1677/H.R. 3277, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA) S. 1164/H.R. 1397, Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act H.R. 7931, Improving Dental Administration Act S. 2355/H.R. 5582, Patients Deserve Price Tags Act H.R. 9117, Clear Healthcare Expense Cost Knowledge Act of 2026 H.R. 9397, Premium Transparency Act H.R. 9396, Prior Authorization Accountability Act S. 5088/H.R.9833, Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act Senate Finance Committee submission to improve coverage across the individual, employer and public insurance markets