Bill > SB128

This bill amends Delaware's dental care provisions for adult Medicaid recipients by expanding the definition of dental care to include diagnostic, preventive, restorative, and periodontal services, and removing previous monetary limitations on dental benefits. Specifically, the bill eliminates the existing $1,000 annual cap on dental assistance for adult recipients and removes the provision for an additional emergency benefit of up to $1,500. Instead, the bill requires the Department of Health and Social Services to provide dental care for eligible adults without imposing an annual monetary limit. The bill maintains the $3.00 copay for dental treatments and requires the department to submit a Medicaid State Plan Amendment to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within 90 days of enactment. The bill will take effect immediately upon enactment but will only be implemented after CMS approves the state plan amendment, which will be published in the Register of Regulations. This change aims to improve dental care access for adult Medicaid recipients in Delaware by removing financial barriers to comprehensive dental services.