Ensures children under the Children's Health Insurance Program have access to medically necessary dental care.
The Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act amends the Social Security Act to prohibit lifetime or annual limits on dental benefits for targeted low-income children and pregnant women under the Children's Health Insurance Program. It also mandates wraparound coverage of dental services for certain children under the program. These changes take effect six months after the act's enactment.
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