1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Dental Act of 2019 . 2. Dental and oral health care (a) Coverage Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (GG), by striking and after the semicolon at the end; (2) in subparagraph (HH), by striking the period at the end and adding ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (II) dental and oral health services (as defined in subsection (kkk)); . (b) Dental and oral health services defined Section 1861 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (kkk) Dental and oral health services (1) In general The term dental and oral health services means items and services (other than such items and services for which payment may be made under part A as inpatient hospital services) that are furnished during 2022 or a subsequent year, for which coverage was not provided under part B as of the date of the enactment of this subsection, and that are— (A) the preventive and screening services described in paragraph (2) furnished by a doctor of dental surgery or of dental medicine (as described in subsection (r)(2)) or an oral health professional (as defined in paragraph (4))