H.R. 1342 · 118th Congress

Medicaid Dental Benefit Act of 2023

Introduced on Mar 3, 2023 by Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44). 28 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Mar 10, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 3, 2023
Cosponsors
28
0 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve coverage of dental and oral health services for adults under Medicaid, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Dental care
  • Government information and archives
  • Health care quality
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Medicaid
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • State and local government operations
  • U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Nanette Diaz BarragánD-CA-44Sponsor

Democrats · 28

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 3, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 3, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Mar 3, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Mar 10, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION10 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION$78.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  2. National Association of Dental Plans10 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  3. Academy of General Dentistry3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  4. CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.3 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)
  5. SUN LIFE FINANCIAL (U.S.) SERVICES COMPANY INC.3 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  6. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island1 report
    $11K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.