HR 870 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Medicare Medically Necessary Dental Care Act of 2009

Introduced Feb 4, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Steve Cohen D-TN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 9, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 4, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Medically Necessary Dental Care Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of medically necessary dental procedures.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2009 to May 14, 2009, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-KYEd WhitfieldOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalFeb 4, 2009
R-OKJohn SullivanOriginalFeb 4, 2009
R-CAMary BonoOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-TNBart GordonFeb 10, 2009
D-MDElijah E. CummingsFeb 10, 2009
D-NYEric J. J. MassaFeb 10, 2009
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldFeb 10, 2009
D-VARick BoucherFeb 10, 2009
R-NJChristopher H. SmithFeb 12, 2009
D-PAJoe SestakFeb 26, 2009
D-OHMarcy KapturMar 5, 2009
R-VABob GoodlatteApr 1, 2009
D-ILBobby L. RushMay 7, 2009
D-MAJames P. McGovernMay 7, 2009
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 4, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Feb 4, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  4. Feb 4, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
  5. Feb 4, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 4, 2009Introduced in House

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