H.R. 1397

Summary

H.R. 1397, the Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 18, 2025 by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) with 18 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Feb 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 1397 has 18 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1397 IH: Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1397  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 18, 2025   Mrs. Miller-Meeks  (for herself and  Mrs. Dingell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act  .
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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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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) sponsors H.R. 1397, and 18 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Rep. · R–IA-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025

Debbie Dingell

Rep. · D–MI-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 18, 2025 · Original

Troy Balderson

Rep. · R–OH-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 2, 2025

Dan Crenshaw

Rep. · R–TX-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 2, 2025

Mike Bost

Rep. · R–IL-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 15, 2025

Henry Johnson

Rep. · D–GA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 15, 2025

Sarah McBride

Rep. · D–DE-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 16, 2025

Melanie Stansbury

Rep. · D–NM-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 16, 2025

Nicholas Langworthy

Rep. · R–NY-23 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 1, 2025

Doris Matsui

Rep. · D–CA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 1, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1397 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Feb 18, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1397 has taken 2 actions since Feb 18, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1397 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 1397, as Identical bill.

S 1164Increasing Access to Dental Insurance ActMar 27, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensi… · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 1397 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act — Display Title
• Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

11 clients hired 11 firms and 50 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1397 in 59 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Insurance, Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Medicare/Medicaid, Retirement, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Pharmacy.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 50.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1397 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1397’s is Health.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1397 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Dental care to Health care coverage and access.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1397, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS:H.R. 1397.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H723]

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