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<dc:title>119 HR 1397 IH: Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-02-18</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1397</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250218">February 18, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001215">Mrs. Miller-Meeks</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="D000624">Mrs. Dingell</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HFA9CA4AFD5C24B8DB98BE65E31576BD7" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HD956C930E94F44FCB6BFA4571F21F0E6" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H0C51AF12815A464BB2454FAF8E2B1C75"><enum>2.</enum><header>Standalone dental plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1321 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18041">42 U.S.C. 18041</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<subsection id="H45C4796261AB439AA8F141C63A42906F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Availability of standalone dental plans</header><text>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.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> </legis-body></bill>

