119th Congress
H.R. 2045
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Lloyd Doggett(D-TX)
- Introduced
- Mar 11, 2025
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Ways and Means
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (131)
Original cosponsors (117)
- Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- Alma S. Adams (D-NC)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Becca Balint (D-VT)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
- Cleo Fields (D-LA)
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
- Diana DeGette (D-CO)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Greg Casar (D-TX)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH)
- Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- James P. McGovern (D-MA)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
- Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
- John B. Larson (D-CT)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Julie Johnson (D-TX)
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
- Laura Friedman (D-CA)
- Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- Lori Trahan (D-MA)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Marc A. Veasey (D-TX)
- Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR)
- Maxine Waters (D-CA)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)
- Mike Thompson (D-CA)
- Morgan McGarvey (D-KY)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)
- Nellie Pou (D-NJ)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
- Rick Larsen (D-WA)
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)
- Sarah McBride (D-DE)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA)
- Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC)
- Val T. Hoyle (D-OR)
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
- C001078
- C001127
- G000551
- S001157
- S001193
- S001207
Added later (14)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Mar 24, 2025
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) · Mar 24, 2025
- Mike Levin (D-CA) · Apr 7, 2025
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) · Apr 10, 2025
- Wesley Bell (D-MO) · Apr 10, 2025
- Steven Horsford (D-NV) · Apr 28, 2025
- Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY) · Jun 3, 2025
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA) · Jun 4, 2025
- James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) · Sep 30, 2025
- Josh Riley (D-NY) · Nov 4, 2025
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) · Jan 20, 2026
- Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ) · Feb 3, 2026
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Apr 22, 2026
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL) · Jun 15, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care. Coverage includes (1) routine dental cleanings and exams, basic and major dental services, emergency dental care, and dentures; (2) routine eye exams, eyeglasses, and contact lenses; and (3) routine hearing exams, hearing aids, and exams for hearing aids. With respect to such care, the bill establishes special payment rules, limitations, and coinsurance requirements.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 11, 2025 · House
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. - Mar 11, 2025
Introduced in House