Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008
Latest action · Mar 6, 2008 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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to schools of dentistry and hospitals with accredited training programs in pediatric dentistry.
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary to provide for a pilot program to increase access to dental care for underserved populations through the use of new allied dental health professionals.
Requires the Secretary to award grants to federally qualified health centers to expand and improve the provision of dental services to medically underserved populations.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to develop, implement, and evaluate public health and clinical strategies to prevent and manage early childhood caries.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for a portion of compensation received for providing dental services under SSA titles XIX (Medicaid) or XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) or from an uninsured individual.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct a public education and awareness campaign on preventing, controlling, and ultimately eliminating early childhood caries.
Amends SSA titles XIX and XXI to expand reporting requirements with respect to children's dental services.
Requires the Comptroller General to study payment rates for dental services provided to individuals under Medicaid or SCHIP.
Requires the Secretary to ensure the inclusion of dental health prevention and promotion activities within existing prenatal and maternal child health programs.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2008 to Jul 23, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Mar 14, 2008 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jul 23, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2008Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2008Referred 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 6, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2723 | Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008 | Identical bill | Mar 6, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Child health
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Dental care
- Dentistry
- Dentists
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Health
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Income tax
- Managed care
- Maternal health services
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medically uninsured
- Paramedical personnel
- Poor children
- Pregnant women
- Preventive medicine
- Quality of care
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Telemedicine
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2008Introduced in House
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