Increased FMAP for coverage of dental and oral health services, vision services, and hearing services under Medicaid
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Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (10), by inserting, which may include any dental and oral health service (as defined in section 1861(nnn)) after dental services; (B) in paragraph (13)— (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking; and and inserting a semicolon; (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the semicolon and inserting; and; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) any service that is a vision service (as defined in section 1861(ooo)) or a hearing service (as defined in section 1861(ll)(5);; (2) in subsection (b), by striking and (ii) and inserting (ii), and (kk); and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (kk) Increased FMAP for expenditures for dental and oral health services, vision services, and hearing services (1) In general Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Federal medical assistance percentage with respect to amounts expended by a State for medical assistance for services described in paragraph (2) shall be equal to 90 percent. (2) Services described A service described in this paragraph is any service that— (A) is furnished on or after January 1 of the first calendar year that begins at least 6 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection; (B) is not furnished to an individual who is— (i) under the age of 21; and (ii) eligible for medical assistance for the services described in subsection (a)(4)(B); and (C) is— (i) a dental and oral health service (as defined in section 1861(nnn)); (ii) a vision service (as defined in section 1861(ooo)); or (iii) a hearing service (as defined in section 1861(ll)(5))..