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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1164 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered |
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| 6 | 6 | | through Federal Exchanges. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | ASSAN(for herself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. COONS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. CUR- |
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| 11 | 11 | | TIS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. PETERS, and Mrs. CAPITO) in- |
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| 12 | 12 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental |
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| 16 | 16 | | plans offered through Federal Exchanges. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Increasing Access to 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Dental Insurance Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. STANDALONE DENTAL PLANS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1321 of the Patient Protection and Afford-7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18041) is amended by adding 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | at the end the following: 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 1164 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF STANDALONE DENTAL 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | P |
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| 31 | 31 | | LANS.—The Secretary may not restrict any qualified in-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | dividual from enrolling in a plan described in section 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1311(d)(2)(B)(ii) offered through an Exchange estab-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lished pursuant to subsection (c) on the basis of such 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | qualified individual not being also enrolled in a qualified 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | health plan offered through the Exchange.’’. 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Æ |
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