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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6689" measure-id="id115hr6689" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2018-08-28" update-date="2019-03-21">
<title>Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act</title>
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<action-date>2018-08-28</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment services for congenital anomalies and birth defects, including reconstructive services and prosthetics. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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