Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 55
- Latest action
- Mar 19, 2026
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 may include cost-sharing but must not be more restrictive than that applied to other medical and surgical benefits. The bill also mandates that plans provide notice of this coverage to participants and beneficiaries starting January 1, 2026, and excludes cosmetic procedures not tied to a medical determination of a congenital anomaly.
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Tammy Baldwin
- Adam Schiff
- Alejandro Padilla
- Amy Klobuchar
- Angela Alsobrooks
- Angus King
- Ben Luján
- Bernie Moreno
- Charles Grassley
- Chris Van Hollen
- Christopher Coons
- Christopher Murphy
- Cindy Hyde-Smith
- Cory Booker
- Dan Sullivan
- Edward Markey
- Elissa Slotkin
- Elizabeth Warren
- Gary Peters
- Jacky Rosen
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Jeff Merkley
- Jim Justice
- John Barrasso
- John Boozman
- John Fetterman
- John Hickenlooper
- John Reed
- Joni Ernst
- Kevin Cramer
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lisa Blunt Rochester
- Lisa Murkowski
- Maria Cantwell
- Mark Kelly
- Mark Warner
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Michael Bennet
- Patty Murray
- Peter Welch
- Raphael Warnock
- Richard Blumenthal
- Rick Scott
- Roger Marshall
- Ron Wyden
- Ruben Gallego
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Shelley Capito
- Steve Daines
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.