Dental Health Provider Shortage Act
Latest action · Jul 22, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8721-8723)
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.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Dental Health Provider Shortage Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to: (1) health centers to increase the number of dental providers and to increase dental health care capabilities by constructing or renovating building space; and (2) eligible individuals in dental health professional shortage areas to increase dental health care capabilities by constructing or renovating building space in exchange for an agreement to practice for five years in such an area and to provide care for certain patients receiving assistance or unable to pay.
Allows the Secretary to award grants to health centers to establish accredited dental residency training programs.
Requires the Secretary to award grants to: (1) simplify and automate the procedures applicable to Medicaid providers to encourage providers to participate in the dental component of the program; and (2) develop, disseminate, and assist with the implementation of a model contract for States to use to enroll dentists as Medicaid providers.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to carry out a program to repay any outstanding student loans of full-time faculty members of a school of dentistry or an accredited dental education program.
Allows the Director of the Indian Health Service to authorize a retention bonus for an eligible dental officer of the Indian Health Service.
Sets forth provisions regarding dentists and dental hygienists in the National Health Service Corps.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2004 to Sep 21, 2004, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jul 22, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Sep 7, 2004 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 21, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Jul 22, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8721-8723)
- Jul 22, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8720-8721)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Accreditation (Medical care)
- Child health
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Curricula
- Demography
- Dental care
- Dentists
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Indian medical care
- Labor and Employment
- Leases
- Maintenance and repair
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medical residents
- Medical supplies
- Medically uninsured
- Minorities
- Paramedical personnel
- Poor children
- Public health personnel
- Recruiting of employees
- Rural health
- Salaries
- Scholarships
- Social Welfare
- Student loan funds
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