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Bill · 119th Congress · S 5088

Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act

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Introduced 2026-07-22Topic: health care · social services

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-07-22SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.refer
2026-07-22Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.