S. 5088 — Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act

This section prohibits states from establishing lifetime or annual limits on the dollar value of dental benefits provided to targeted low-income children under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and to targeted low-income pregnant women when a state elects to provide pregnancy-related assistance. The prohibition applies to dental coverage equivalent to a benchmark dental package and takes effect 6 months after enactment.

This section requires states to waive certain eligibility restrictions to offer dental-only supplemental coverage under CHIP, changing an optional waiver to a mandatory one. It also prohibits states from providing more favorable dental coverage or cost-sharing to children receiving only that supplemental coverage than to targeted low-income children eligible for the full range of CHIP benefits. The changes take effect 6 months after enactment.