HR 1916 · 117th Congress · Health
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced✓
Committee✓
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2022-04-05)
Recorded Votes
How Did Your Rep Vote?
Enter a ZIP code or representative's name
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies and birth defects, such as reconstructive services and items. Coverage must include services and items 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. Coverage limits and cost-sharing requirements for such services and items may not be more restrictive than those applicable to all medical and surgical benefits under the plan.…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1916, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Mar 25, 2022As introduced in the House of Representatives on March 16, 2021
Full CBO report ↗CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 1916, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Apr 4, 2022As Posted on the Website of the Clerk of the House on April 1, 2022
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
18 Democrats2 Republicans