A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to prohibit lifetime or annual limits on dental coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and to require wraparound coverage of dental services for certain children under such program.
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Latest Action · July 22, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
This bill amends the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, to strengthen dental coverage for low-income children. It prohibits states from placing lifetime or annual limits on the dollar value of dental benefits that children receive through CHIP, ensuring that necessary dental care is not capped. The legislation also requires states to provide wraparound dental coverage for children who would otherwise lack dental services and prevents states from treating children in wraparound programs less favorably than other CHIP-enrolled children. The bill affects low-income children covered by state CHIP programs and, in states that choose to offer it, pregnant women receiving assistance. Both provisions take effect six months after the bill is enacted into law, with no specific new federal funding amount identified in the text.
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