Essential Oral Health Care Act of 2007
Latest action · May 24, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 24, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Essential Oral Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to up to six entities to participate as pilot sites for the Community Dental Health Coordinator model developed as a new mid-level allied dental professional who will work in underserved communities where residents have no or limited access to oral health care.
Requires the Secretary also to award grants to eligible entities to: (1) purchase portable or mobile dental equipment; and (2) pay for appropriate operational costs for the provision of free dental services to underserved populations.
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)) to provide for an increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for states implementing requirements that ensure that children enrolled in the state Medicaid plan and/or SCHIP have access to oral health care services to the same extent as such services are available to the pediatric population of the state.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the donation of qualified dental services to qualified low income individuals.
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2007 to Oct 2, 2008; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-OK | Mary Fallin | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jun 27, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 24, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 24, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 24, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2007Introduced in House
- May 24, 2007Referred 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.
- May 24, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-190 | NECESSARY REFORM TO PEDIATRIC DENTAL CARE UNDER MEDICAID214 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Sep 23, 2008 |
| S. Hrg. 110-833 | ADDRESSING HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE147 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Feb 12, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend titles V and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and the Medicaid Program and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to dentists for dental services provided to low-income individuals.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Essential Oral Health Care Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Charitable contributions
- Child health
- Commerce
- Dental care
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Income tax
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Medicaid
- Medical supplies
- Medically uninsured
- Paramedical personnel
- Poor children
- Public-private partnerships
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Volunteer workers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
