Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Latest action · Feb 26, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment services for congenital anomalies and birth defects, such as reconstructive services and prosthetics. Coverage must include services that functionally improve, repair, or restore any body part that is medically necessary for normal bodily functions or appearance, as determined by the treating physician.
Cosponsors 53
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2019 to Dec 8, 2020, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Feb 26, 2019 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 26, 2019 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 26, 2019 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | May 9, 2019 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | May 9, 2019 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Jun 27, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 26, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1379 | Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act | Related bill | Sep 9, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
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