Bill Details
S.1164 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced Date
2025-03-27
Policy Area
Health
Committees
View committees (1)
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (11)
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-Kansas]
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-Delaware]
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-North Carolina]
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-Utah]
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-New Hampshire]
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-Iowa]
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-Michigan]
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-West Virginia]
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-Wyoming]
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-Colorado]
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-Arizona]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would make it easier for people to buy dental insurance through federal health insurance marketplaces. Right now, some people may have to be enrolled in a health plan to sign up for a separate dental plan. The bill says that cannot be required, so more people could choose standalone dental coverage on its own.
- It changes the Affordable Care Act rules for dental plans offered through exchanges.
- People who qualify for coverage could enroll in a standalone dental plan even if they are not enrolled in a health plan through the exchange.
- The goal is to increase access to dental insurance and give people more choice in how they get dental coverage.
Official Summaries
Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act
This bill permits individuals to enroll in a dental benefits plan on a health insurance exchange without also enrolling in a qualified health plan.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1164 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1164
To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans
offered through Federal Exchanges.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2025
Ms. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Coons, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Curtis, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Peters, and Mrs. Capito)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
_______________________________________________________________________
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.''.
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