HR 1916 United States House · 117th Congress

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Summary

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies and birth defects, such as reconstructive services and items. 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.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2021

Committee Review

Apr 2022

House Passage

Apr 2022

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Mar 16, 2021 Last action Apr 5, 2022

Floor votes · House Apr 4, 2022

How they voted

310–110

Passed · 9 other

Total votes 429

Apr 4, 2022

D Democratic220

218 Yea 2

99% Yea

R Republican209

92 Yea 110 Nay 7

52% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 5, 2022

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

upper

Apr 4, 2022

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 310 - 110 (Roll no. 109). (text: CR H4140-4141)

lower

Apr 4, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 310 - 110 (Roll no. 109).(text: CR H4140-4141)

lower

Apr 4, 2022

Introduced

Ms. Eshoo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Feb 8, 2022

Introduced

Motion to place bill on Consensus Calendar filed by Ms. Eshoo.

lower

Mar 17, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Mar 16, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Mar 16, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

lower

Mar 16, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 317 co-sponsors