NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7667A

Senate Bill S7667A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates 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

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 06, 2024	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
May 13, 2024	advanced to third reading
May 08, 2024	2nd report cal.
May 07, 2024	1st report cal.994
Jan 04, 2024	print number 7667a
Jan 04, 2024	amend (t) and recommit to health
Jan 03, 2024	referred to health
Sep 25, 2023	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 6, 2024 - Floor Vote
  S7667A
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 6, 2024
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Walczyk
  May 7, 2024 - Health Committee Vote
  S7667A
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  4
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 7, 2024
      
      aye (11)
      
      Brouk
      
      Felder
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Mannion
      
      May
      
      Myrie
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      aye wr (4)
      
      Ashby
      
      Gallivan
      
      Martins
      
      Stec

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2023-S7667 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8983
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

2023-S7667 - Summary

Includes implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program if a qualified dentist authorizes the procedures.

2023-S7667 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7667

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to including
implants, replacement dentures and root canals as medically necessary
dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program

 
PURPOSE:

To ensure that medically necessary dental care, particularly as it
applies to seniors is covered, by statute, under the State's Medicaid
Program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends the Social services law to make it clear, in statute,
that implants, replacement dentures and root canals as medically neces-
sary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program.

JUSTIFICATION:

Dental Health is important for everyone, and it is exponentially impor-
tant for seniors, yet access to comprehensive, affordable care for our
Elders is an absolute challenge.The rules for Medicaid Recipients have
historically been particularly arcane and medieval, favoring the pulling
of teeth and gumming of food over dentures, implants and root canals. A
stipulation was recently entered into in the case of CIARAMELLA et al.
VS. MCDONALD in the UNITED STATES DISRICT COURT 1 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
NEW YORK (Case1:18-cv-06945- MEVDocument305-l) that modernizes the proc-
esses, however, this is not binding in statute. Passage of this bill
will take the essence of the stipulation that- implants, replacement
dentures and root canals as recommended by a Doctor must qualify as
medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under Medi-
caid.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

No additional costs.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
90 Days.

2023-S7667 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7667
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  including
   implants,  replacement dentures 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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (f-1) to read as follows:
   (F-1) IMPLANTS, REPLACEMENT DENTURES AND ROOT CANALS  IF  A  QUALIFIED
 DENTIST AUTHORIZES THE PROCEDURES;
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13300-01-3

co-Sponsors

2023-S7667A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8983
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

2023-S7667A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S7667A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7667A

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

To ensure that medically necessary dental care, particularly as it
applies to seniors is covered, by statute, under the State's Medicaid
Program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends the Social services law to make it clear, in statute,
that implants, replacement dentures and root canals as medically neces-
sary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Dental Health is important for everyone, and it is exponentially impor-
tant for seniors, yet access to comprehensive, affordable care for our
Elders is an absolute challenge. The rules for Medicaid Recipients have
historically been particularly arcane and medieval, favoring the pulling
of teeth and gumming of food over dentures, implants and root canals. A
stipulation was recently entered into in the case of CIARAMELLA et al.
VS. MCDONALD in the UNITED STATES DISRICT COURT 1 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
NEW YORK (Casel:18-cv-06945- MEVDocument305-1) that modernizes the proc-
esses, however, this is not binding in statute. Passage of this bill
will take the essence of the stipulation that- implants, replacement
dentures and root canals as recommended by a Doctor must qualify as
medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under Medi-
caid.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill; Amended January 2024 to include crowns, certain replacements
and more precise language about posterior and anterior teeth.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

No additional costs.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
90 Days.

2023-S7667A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7667--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social  services  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (f-1) to read as follows:
   (F-1)  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO DENTAL IMPLANTS, IMPLANT-RELATED
 SERVICES, DENTAL PROSTHETIC APPLIANCES,  REPLACEMENT  DENTAL  PROSTHETIC
 APPLIANCES,  CROWNS  AND  ROOT  CANALS FOR POSTERIOR AND ANTERIOR TEETH,
 CROWN LENGTHENING WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH A COVERED CROWN AND/OR ROOT CANAL
 IF A QUALIFIED DENTIST AUTHORIZES THE PROCEDURES;
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13300-02-3

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