Medicare Dental Coverage Act of 2021
Latest action · Jul 23, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Dental Coverage Act of 2021
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 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2021 to Sep 10, 2021, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jul 22, 2021 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Jul 22, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jul 22, 2021 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Jul 22, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 10, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2021Referred 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.
- Jul 22, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House
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