S 3244
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Aligning Children's Dental Coverage Act
Introduced: July 14, 2016
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 14, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 14, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Aligning Children's Dental Coverage Act
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to ease restrictions on health insurance plans without pediatric dental benefits (an essential health benefit) to allow such insurance to be offered in any service area where a dental plan in the individual or small group market provides pediatric dental benefits, even if the dental plan is not offered on the health insurance exchange.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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