Medicare Dental Coverage Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 24, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303.
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.
- IntroducedOct 11, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Dental Act of 2019
This bill expands Medicare coverage to include dentures and dental and oral health services, in accordance with specified limitations. Covered services include basic and major treatments (as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as well as specified preventive and screening services.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 11, 2019 to Nov 14, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Oct 11, 2019 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Oct 29, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Nov 1, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Nov 14, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 11, 2019Markup Oct 17, 2019Reported Jan 24, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Hearings Sep 25, 2019Referred Oct 15, 2019Discharged Oct 17, 2019 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 11, 2019Markup Oct 22, 2019Reported Dec 6, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 11, 2019 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2020Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-325, Part II.
- Jan 24, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303.
- Dec 6, 2019Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-325, Part I.
- Oct 22, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 22, 2019Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Oct 17, 2019Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Oct 17, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 17, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Oct 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 11, 2019Introduced in House
- Oct 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 11, 2019Referred 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.
- Sep 25, 2019Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 161, October 11, 2019, page H8112.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3 | Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act | Related bill | Sep 8, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for certain dental items and services under part B of the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medicare Dental Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Medicare Dental Coverage Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2020Reported in House
- Oct 11, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
