New York S 3566: 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

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY A1931 (as of 2026-06-01)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 3566

Sponsors: Cordell Cleare, George Borrello, Robert Jackson, John Liu, Gustavo Rivera, Lea Webb

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S03566 Summary:

BILL NOS03566 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01931

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, JACKSON, RIVERA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

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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.

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BILL NOS03566 

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.889

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.808

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/01/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A1931

&nbspA01931 AMEND= Paulin

&nbsp01/14/2025referred to health

&nbsp02/24/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/21/2026reported 

&nbsp04/23/2026advanced to third reading cal.350

&nbsp06/01/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/01/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp06/01/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/01/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S3566

&nbsp06/01/20263RD READING CAL.808

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3566

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, RIVERA, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed 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.
 LBD05284-01-5

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