3.0.0
7702
2022-12-30T00:04:06Z
2022-12-30T00:04:06Z
House
HR
2022-05-10
117
[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DUNN:H.R. 7702.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress to make rules for the government andregulation, of the land and naval forces, as enumerated inArticle I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H4798]
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Standing
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Health Subcommittee
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2022-05-10T19:05:01Z
  - Referred to
2022-05-10T18:04:35Z
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Education and the Workforce Committee
House
Standing
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2022-05-10T18:04:30Z
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Energy and Commerce Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred to
2022-05-10T18:04:25Z

- Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
117
1916
HR
2022-04-05
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  - Related bill
CRS

- Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
117
754
S
2021-03-16
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  - Related bill
CRS
- 2022-05-10
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Health Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee
- 2022-05-10
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
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House floor actions
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Ways and Means Committee
- 2022-05-10
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hsed00
Education and the Workforce Committee
- 2022-05-10
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
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House floor actions
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Energy and Commerce Committee
- 2022-05-10
Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
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Dunn
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FL
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Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
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Griffith
R
VA
Morgan
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2022-05-10
True
Health
Health
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2022-05-10
Introduced in House
2022-08-08T22:08:09Z
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover the diagnosis and treatment of craniofacial, oral, or maxillofacial congenital anomalies and birth defects. 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.

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
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Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
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Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Introduced in House
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- Official Title as Introduced

To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a craniofacial, oral, or maxillofacial congenital anomaly or birth defect.
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2022-05-10T04:00:00Z
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2022-05-10
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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