Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act


The Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act is a proposed United States law that would require private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies and birth defects. The bill is considered strong and bi-partisan in both houses of Congress.
The bill was considered stalled as of 2024, and continued to be considered by the 2025 119th United States Congress.

Legislative history

CongressShort titleBill numberDate introducedSponsor# of cosponsorsLatest status
115th [United States Congress|115th Congress]Ensuring Lasting Smiles ActAugust 28, 2018Collin Peterson
16Died in committee
115th CongressEnsuring Lasting Smiles ActAugust 23, 2018Tammy Baldwin
7Died in committee
116th CongressEnsuring Lasting Smiles ActFebruary 26, 2019Collin Peterson
313Died in committee
116th CongressEnsuring Lasting Smiles ActFebruary 26, 2019Tammy Baldwin
53Died in committee
117th CongressEnsuring Lasting Smiles ActFebruary 2, 2021Anna Eshoo
317Referred to Committees of United States [House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Energy and Commerce], Ways and Means and Education and Labor. Passed the US House on April 4, 2022.
117th CongressEnsuring Lasting Smiles ActFebruary 1, 2021Tammy Baldwin
61Referred to Committee of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions