North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S805: Increase Oral Health Care Access in NC.
Status: Introduced, April 23, 2026
What the bill says
An act to increase the medicaid reimbursement rate for dental services.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR DENTAL SERVICES. Whereas, access to oral health care is a critical component of overall health; and Whereas, thousands of North Carolinians, especially those insured through Medicaid, face significant barriers to dental care; and Whereas, a major contributing factor to the barriers to dental care is the low participation rate among dental providers in the Medicaid program due to the State's insufficient Medicaid reimbursement rates for dental services; and Whereas, North Carolina's dental Medicaid reimbursement rates have not seen a meaningful increase since 2008; and Whereas, as a result, many dental providers opt out of the Medicaid program or stop accepting Medicaid patients, which results in patients utilizing hospital emergency departments for urgent dental needs; and Whereas, raising the Medicaid reimbursement rates for dental services would incentivize dental providers currently participating in the Medicaid program, encourage more dental providers to enroll in the Medicaid program, expand access to preventive care, and reduce costly emergency department visits; and Whereas, an adequate network of Medicaid dental providers throughout the State is a requirement of the Medicaid program; and Whereas, while safety net dental providers provide the majority of oral health services under the NC Medicaid program, they do not have the capacity, geographic distribution, or financial ability to provide …
Sponsors
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Burgin, Jim (R, 12) · primary sponsor
- Corbin, Kevin (R, 50) · primary sponsor
- Applewhite, Val (D, 19)
- Batch, Sydney (D, 17)
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42)
- Chaudhuri, Jay J. (D, 15)
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22)
- Garrett, Michael (D, 27)
- Garson, Jonah (D, 23)
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13)
- Mayfield, Julie (D, 49)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, DHHS, HEALTH SERVICES, POVERTY, DENTISTS & DENTISTRY, PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH, INSURANCE, HEALTH
Common questions
- What is S805?
- S805 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Increase Oral Health Care Access in NC.
- What does S805 do?
- In its own words: An act to increase the medicaid reimbursement rate for dental services.
- What is the status of S805?
- Introduced as of April 23, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (April 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored S805?
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S805?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S805
Source: official North Carolina record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.