HR1397Referred to Committee
Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-18
Introduced
18
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Republican · IA · Representative
Votes with party: 96.6% (647 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/M001215
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (18)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)Original· 2025-02-18
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)· 2025-07-02
- Troy Balderson (R-OH-12)· 2025-07-02
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)· 2025-07-15
- Mike Bost (R-IL-12)· 2025-07-15
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1)· 2025-07-16
- Sarah McBride (D-DE)· 2025-07-16
- Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7)· 2025-08-01
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23)· 2025-08-01
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)· 2025-08-19
- Ann Wagner (R-MO-2)· 2025-09-04
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15)· 2025-09-04
- William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4)· 2025-09-04
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)· 2025-09-15
- David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)· 2025-11-12
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)· 2025-11-17
- Greg Landsman (D-OH-1)· 2025-12-17
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-02-18
Plain-English Summary
Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act This bill permits individuals to enroll in a dental benefits plan on a health insurance exchange without also enrolling in a qualified health plan.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Health
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1397 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1397 To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 18, 2025 Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act''. SEC. 2. STANDALONE DENTAL PLANS. Section 1321 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18041) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Availability of Standalone Dental Plans.--The Secretary may not restrict any qualified individual from enrolling in a plan described in section 1311(d)(2)(B)(ii) offered through an Exchange established pursuant to subsection (c) on the basis of such qualified individual not being also enrolled in a qualified health plan offered through the Exchange.''. <all>
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