A 1931: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1931 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SAYEGH, WOERNER -- read once and referred 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