Medicare Dental Coverage Act of 2019

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for certain dental items and services under part B of the Medicare program.

Subjects

Health

Summary

Medicare Dental Act of 2019

This bill expands Medicare coverage to include dentures and dental and oral health services, in accordance with specified limitations. Covered services include basic and major treatments (as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as well as specified preventive and screening services.

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Related Legislation

H.R. 3Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
2020-09-08Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
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Legislative Actions

2019-09-25
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health Prior to Introduction and Referral.
2019-10-11
Introduced in House
2019-10-11
Introduced in House
2019-10-11
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-10-11
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-10-11
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-10-15
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-10-17
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
2019-10-17
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-10-17
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2019-10-22
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-10-22
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-12-06
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-325, Part I.
2019-12-06
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-325, Part I.
2020-01-24
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-325, Part II.
2020-01-24
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-325, Part II.
2020-01-24
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303.

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