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H.R. 1379: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

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H.R. 1379: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-26 · Health · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Plain summary

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment services for congenital anomalies and birth defects, such as reconstructive services and prosthetics. Coverage must include services 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · 313 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1379, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (2020-12-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 253 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1379 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116