Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 1, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2507-2510)
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 1, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states to improve dental services to children enrolled in Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary, acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to establish a grant program to expand the availability of primary dental care services in dental health professional shortage areas or medically underserved areas. Authorizes retention bonuses for eligible dental officers of the Indian Health Service.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of HRSA and the Director of the Indian Health Service, to establish demonstration projects to increase access to dental services for children in underserved areas.
Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) an oral health initiative to reduce disparities in oral health; and (2) Chief Dental Officers for Medicaid and SCHIP, HRSA, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Requires the Director of the CDC to collect data on dental, craniofacial, and oral health.
Requires the Secretary to identify populations at high risk for early childhood caries (tooth decay) and to develop prevention programs.
Revises the eligibility requirements for the school-based dental sealant program to include Indian tribes.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to award grants to states and Indian tribes to improve their basic capacity to improve the oral health of children and their families.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2007 to Mar 13, 2008, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | May 14, 2007 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Mar 13, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 1, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2507-2510)
- Mar 1, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2505-2507)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1781 | Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2007 | Related bill | Apr 10, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Child health
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Dental care
- Dentistry
- Dentists
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disabled
- Discrimination in medical care
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal officials
- Fringe benefits
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Indian children
- Indian education
- Indian medical care
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical residents
- Medical statistics
- Medically uninsured
- Minorities
- Nursing
- Poor children
- Preventive medicine
- Public health personnel
- Salaries
- School health programs
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
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