DOC Access Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 24, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Dentist and Optometric Care Access Act of 2025 or the DOC Access Act of 2025
This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from setting rates for items and services, except for dental cleanings, provided by a doctor of optometry, of dental surgery, or of dental medicine (or an employer of such a doctor) for which the plan does not pay a substantial amount.
Additionally, an agreement between a plan and such a doctor for limited scope dental or vision benefits may last longer than two years only with the prior acceptance of the doctor for each term extension. Plans also may not restrict such a doctor's choice of laboratories or suppliers.
Such doctors may elect to waive the application of the payment amount and choice of laboratories provisions of this bill.
The bill does not supersede state laws regarding health insurers and dental or vision benefit plans.
Cosponsors 122
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Mar 25, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 24, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
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- Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
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