Dental Health Improvement Act
Latest action · May 25, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 25, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for increasing participation of dentists and dental hygienists in the National Health Service Corps' scholarship and loan repayment programs. Revises scholarship and loan repayment program requirements to allow periods of obligated service (period of time that a recipient must serve in a health professional shortage area in order to receive a scholarship or loan) to be served and fulfilled on a part time basis if certain conditions are met.
Sets forth requirements with respect to the dental health professional shortage area designation process.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual certain amounts received under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program, the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program, or any similar State program.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 25, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | May 25, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred May 25, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 25, 2001Introduced in Senate
- May 25, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5701-5703)
- May 25, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5701–S5704 | Russell D. Feingold D-WI, Susan M. Collins R-ME | May 25, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to expand the availability of oral health services by strengthening the dental workforce in designated underserved areas.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Dental Health Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Career education
- Clinics
- College teachers
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Dental care
- Dentistry
- Dentists
- Distance education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to medical education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Higher education
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Medicaid
- Medical fees
- Medical residents
- Medically uninsured
- Overhead costs
- Paramedical education
- Paramedical personnel
- Personal income tax
- Preventive medicine
- Public health personnel
- Recruiting of employees
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Student loan funds
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Telemedicine
- Water fluoridation
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 25, 2001Introduced in Senate
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