117 S4739 IS: Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act U.S. Senate 2022-08-02 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4739IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAugust 2, 2022Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsA BILLTo allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act.

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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..