Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

The Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act is a proposed United States law that would require private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies and birth defects.[1]

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
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Long titleTo provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.
Announced inthe 117th United States Congress
Number of co-sponsors303
Legislative history

Background

Legislative history

As of 15 December 2022:

Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status
115th Congress Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act H.R. 6689 August 28, 2018 Collin Peterson

(D-MN)

 16 Died in committee
S. 3369 August 23, 2018 Tammy Baldwin

(D-WI)

 7 Died in committee
116th Congress Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act H.R. 1379 February 26, 2019 Collin Peterson

(D-MN)

 313 Died in committee
S. 560 February 26, 2019 Tammy Baldwin

(D-WI)

 53 Died in committee
117th Congress Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act H.R. 1916 February 2, 2021 Anna Eshoo

(D-CA)

 317 Referred to Committees of Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means and Education and Labor. Passed the US House (310-110) on April 4, 2022.
S. 754 February 1, 2021 Tammy Baldwin

(D-WI)

 61 Referred to Committee of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

See also

References
  1. "Baldwin, Ernst, Eshoo, Ferguson Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Reform to Ensure Coverage for Children Born with Congenital Anomalies or Birth Defects | U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin". www.baldwin.senate.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-15.

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