IDA Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7931 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7931

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exempt
     from preemption certain State laws related to dental benefits.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2026

  Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Mr. Conaway) introduced the following
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exempt
     from preemption certain State laws related to dental benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Dental Administration Act
of 2026'' or the ``IDA Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTING CERTAIN STATE LAWS RELATED TO DENTAL BENEFITS FROM
              PREEMPTION.

    Section 514(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
    ``(10) Beginning 18 months after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph, subsection (a) shall not apply to any State law related to
dental benefits, including any State law related to the administration
of such benefits, that does not conflict with the provisions of this
title and title IV.''.
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