AB 1670: Medi-Cal: dental care.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2026-04-23
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-04-23: Read second time and amended.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Enacted
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services, including dental care, as specified. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law establishes reimbursement rates for services provided by Medi-Cal providers to beneficiaries.
This bill would make behavior management and desensitization services without an accompanying dental procedure covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, subject to utilization controls, when a patients physical, behavioral, developmental, or emotional condition requires significant extra time, attention, or personnel, or requires such services preceding a dental visit, respectively, in order to safely deliver dental care. The bill would condition implementation of these provisions on the availability of federal financial participation and any necessary federal approvals having been obtained. The bill would, notwithstanding any other law, authorize the department to implement, interpret, or make specific these provisions by means of all-county letters, plan letters, plan or provider bulletins, or similar instructions without taking any further regulatory action.