House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025

H.R. 2045Introduced Mar 11, 2025Policy area: Health

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care under the Medicare program.

Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Doggett D-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 11, 2025
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Latest action: Mar 11, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2045.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1151):
Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

131 cosponsors — 131 Democrats

0 of 131 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 101 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-37 district

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