S. 1677
119th Congress
Senate
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Official title: A bill to provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.
Health
Birth defectsChild healthDental careGovernment studies and investigations
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Health care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careSurgery and anesthesia
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
May 8, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 8, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
37
- NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
- DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION
- THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL, ORAL, AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Education, Dept of
Cosponsors
53
D
Hickenlooper, John W.
D
Murray, Patty
R
Barrasso, John
D
Warner, Mark R.
R
Sheehy, Tim
D
Heinrich, Martin
D
Murphy, Christopher
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
D
Peters, Gary C.
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
D
Smith, Tina
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
D
Cantwell, Maria
R
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
R
Cramer, Kevin
D
Bennet, Michael F.
D
Padilla, Alex
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Wyden, Ron
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
R
Scott, Rick
R
Collins, Susan M.
D
Slotkin, Elissa
D
Welch, Peter
D
Coons, Christopher A.
D
Fetterman, John
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
R
Justice, James C.
D
Rosen, Jacky
D
Warnock, Raphael G.
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Van Hollen, Chris
R
Capito, Shelley Moore
R
Sullivan, Dan
D
Alsobrooks, Angela D.
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
Warren, Elizabeth
R
Daines, Steve
R
Boozman, John
D
Kelly, Mark
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Booker, Cory A.
R
Ernst, Joni
R
Grassley, Chuck
I
King, Angus S., Jr.
D
Klobuchar, Amy
D
Luján, Ben Ray
R
Marshall, Roger
D
Merkley, Jeff
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1677: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1677/
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