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Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act
To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges.
Summary
This bill amends the Affordable Care Act to allow qualified individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Health Insurance Exchanges without being required to also enroll in a health insurance plan. The bill prohibits the Secretary from restricting enrollment in standalone dental plans based on whether an individual is enrolled in a qualified health plan. This change makes dental coverage more accessible as a standalone purchase option through the healthcare.gov marketplace.
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Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH)
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA)
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL)
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX)
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH)
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY)
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA)
- Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6] (R-OH)
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4] (R-SC)
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA)
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO)
Money behind the sponsor
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Actions (2)
- Feb 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Feb 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2025
Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act”.
SEC. 2. 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.”. <all>
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