Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 590.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 18, January 27, 2023, Page H490):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill modifies dental coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  185 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 590, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/590

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca152da6b2f42f40bc279546e608729b5a53b97628f4d735d6283c41f2cc614e

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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