Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
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| Long title | To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. |
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| Announced in | the 117th United States Congress |
| Number of co-sponsors | 303 |
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The Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act is a proposed United States law that would require private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies and birth defects.[1]
Background
Provisions
Legislative history
As of 15 December 2022[update]:
| Congress | Short title | Bill number(s) | Date introduced | Sponsor(s) | # of cosponsors | Latest status |
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| 115th Congress | Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act | H.R. 6689 | August 28, 2018 | Collin Peterson (D-MN) | 16 | Died in committee |
| S. 3369 | August 23, 2018 | Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) | 7 | Died in committee | ||
| 116th Congress | Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act | H.R. 1379 | February 26, 2019 | Collin Peterson (D-MN) | 313 | Died in committee |
| S. 560 | February 26, 2019 | Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) | 53 | Died in committee | ||
| 117th Congress | Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act | H.R. 1916 | February 2, 2021 | Anna Eshoo (D-CA) | 317 | Referred to Committees of Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means and Education and Labor. Passed the US House (310-110) on April 4, 2022. |
| S. 754 | February 1, 2021 | Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) | 61 | Referred to Committee of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions |
See also
- List of bills in the 115th United States Congress
- List of bills in the 116th United States Congress
- List of bills in the 117th United States Congress
References
- ^ "Baldwin, Ernst, Eshoo, Ferguson Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Reform to Ensure Coverage for Children Born with Congenital Anomalies or Birth Defects | U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin". www.baldwin.senate.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
External links
- H.R. 1619: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act on GovTrack
- S. 754: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act on GovTrack
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