Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 206
- Latest action
- May 8, 2025
What it does
The Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act would require group health plans and health insurance issuers to cover outpatient and inpatient services for the diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies or birth defects affecting the eyes, ears, teeth, mouth, or jaw, including reconstructive, dental, orthodontic, and follow-up care deemed medically necessary. Coverage would be subject to cost-sharing no more restrictive than that for other medical and surgical benefits, and plans must notify participants of this coverage starting January 1, 2026. The bill explicitly excludes cosmetic procedures not tied to a medical determination of a congenital anomaly. It amends the Public Health Service Act,…
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Where it stands
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Neal Dunn
- Aaron Bean
- Adam Smith
- Adelita Grijalva
- Adrian Smith
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Ami Bera
- Andrea Salinas
- André Carson
- Andy Harris
- Angie Craig
- April McClain Delaney
- Ashley Hinson
- Becca Balint
- Beth Van Duyne
- Betty McCollum
- Blake Moore
- Brad Sherman
- Bradley Schneider
- Brian Babin
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Brittany Pettersen
- C. Franklin
- Carlos Gimenez
- Charles Fleischmann
- Chellie Pingree
- Chris Deluzio
- Chris Pappas
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Clarence Owens
- Clay Fuller
- Cleo Fields
- Cory Mills
- Dan Crenshaw
- Dan Goldman
- Daniel Meuser
- Darin LaHood
- Darren Soto
- Dave Min
- David Valadao
- Debbie Dingell
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Deborah Ross
- Derek Schmidt
- Derek Tran
- Derrick Van Orden
- Dina Titus
- Donald Beyer
- Donald Davis
- Doris Matsui
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.