New York Assembly Bill A08983 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8983  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- 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. LBD13300-03-4