AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for dental coverage and benefits, caries prevention and oral health promotion, the dental workforce (incl. alternative dental providers and dental residencies), dental and fluoride research, and other dental-related agencies, programs and services.   Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations-Agriculture (WIC, school lunches, Team Nutrition)  Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations-Defense (dental research programs)  Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations-Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (IHS oral health division)  Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations-Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HHS, HRSA, NIH/NIDCR, other dental-related agencies)  Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations- VA 

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

Educational debt, student loans, loan repayment programs, dental school accreditation  Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (student loans, accreditation)  Bio-Professionals Workforce Pilot Program    Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education   H.R. 2028/S. 942, Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act)  H.R. 1758/S. 1080, Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act   H.R. 3711/S. 1948,  POST GRAD Act  H.R. 1, One Big, Beautiful Bill Act  Education-2025 Negotiated Rulemaking; William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program (changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program) EDUCATION: Dental student loans and postgraduate educational debt 

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Indian Health Service; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3711 (119th), H.R. 1 (119th), S. 1080 (119th), S. 1948 (119th), S. 942 (119th), H.R. 1758 (119th), H.R. 2028 (119th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Adult dental Medicaid benefits  Medicaid Audits, Claim Processing, Credentialing  Childrens Health Insurance Program   Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits  Postpartum oral health coverage  CMS Chief Dental Officer  H.R. 1, One Big, Beautiful Bill Act  Oral health initiatives, OR access for dentists, Medicaid, Credentialing of Dentists, Medicare medically necessary Dental, Surprise Billing, access to care, Medicaid audits, Medicaid credentialing, Medicaid fees, dental quality measures, network adequacy, claims administration, Medicaid adult dental benefits, Medicaid and CHIP Child and Adult Core Set quality measures, dentist membership in the Core Set Review Workgroup, Medicare Advantage, postpartum oral health coverage, interoperability and prior authorization, health care attachments, provider directory, disparities in dental care, Essential Health Benefits, dental loss ratio 

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (119th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Implementation of the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act  Dental Team Workforce Shortages  Maldistribution of dentists  H.R. 2332/S. 1101, the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act  S. 2954, Healthcare Workforce Expansion Act of 2025 Infectious Diseases Standard Rulemaking   Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica  Rule-Preventing Workplace Violence in Healthcare  Rural Health Transformation Program H1-B Visa Reform Antitrust Reform, Military spouse licensing reciprocity (OCR), anticompetitive reforms 

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Indian Health Service; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1101 (119th), H.R. 2332 (119th), S. 2954 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, expand and make permanent the 199A/pass through deduction for small businesses.  Tax incentives to work in rural/underserved areas  Exempting all repayments loan forgiveness programs from income tax  H.R. 1219, to include over-the-counter oral healthcare products as qualified medical expenses which can be purchased with HSA and FSA funds.  Corporate Transparency Act  Bonus depreciation  Retention of corporate tax rate  Tax exempt status of credit unions   Tax exempt status of 501c3 organizations  Tax deductions for charitable contributions   Pass-Through Entity Tax Deduction  H.R. 1, One Big, Beautiful Bill Act  HSA/FSA Oral health care products 

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 1219 (119th), H.R. 1 (119th)

Tobacco TOB

Office of Smoking and Health  Center for Tobacco Products  Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Yield of Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products 

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Veterans VET

VA Community Care Program   Licensure   Funding for VA Office of Dentistry  Authority of VA Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Dentistry   VA Expiring Authorities Act  VETCARE Act   Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that Would Require a VA Dental Clinic in Each State  H.R. 9146, Ensuring Continuity of Care in Veterans Health Act  H.R.8371/ S. 141, Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act  H.R. 3838/S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act VETSmile Dental Pilot Program, Licensing, VA Community Care Program, funding for the VA Office of Dentistry, Authority of Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Dentistry  

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 141 (119th), H.R. 8371 (119th), S. 2296 (119th), H.R. 3838 (119th), H.R. 9146 (119th)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Indian Health Service: Supporting IHS dentists, Dental Health Program, support for dental health workforce, community dental health coordinators 

Contacted: Indian Health Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Defense DEF

Implementation of Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act    Supporting Federal Dental Services   Supporting dentists in the National Guard/Reserve   NDAA: Tricare Dental Program reform, Military Retirement, FDS ranks  Dental Care for Our Troops Act  H.R. 3838/S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act Dental corps priorities and supporting military dentists, transition to Defense Health Agency, Military spouse licensing reciprocity 

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2296 (119th), H.R. 3838 (119th)

Health Issues HCR

Authority for dental-related programs to operate, caries prevention and oral health promotion, access to dental care, dental research, oral and craniofacial defects, prescribing practices (e.g., opioid prescribing), etc.  Affordable Care Act   Division of Oral Health  Food Labeling: Front-of-Package Nutrition Information  Use of Orally Ingestible Fluoride Prescription Drug Products  HIPAA Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information  National Commission on Fluoride Health Effects Research  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research  Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs Essential Health Benefits  Access to dental care for people with disabilities   Community Health Center reauthorization  (dental clinics) Title VII Reauthorization  H.R. 4262, To reauthorize programs related to health professions education Teaching Health Center GME Reauthorization  National Health Service Corps Reauthorization  S. 1677/H.R. 3277, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA)   Disparities in dental care   H.R. 1521, Dental and Optometric Care Access Act (DOC Access Act)  Oral health initiatives  Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act  H.R. 2001, Action for Dental Health Act   Health Profession Shortage Areas  Health Information Technology- Interoperability, Standards, AI  Access to personal protective equipment for dental offices  Emergency Department Boarding  VA Community Care Program   HHS, USDA Report-Dietary Guidelines for Americans  H.R. 929/S. 266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization  Mental Health and Licensing of Dentists   MATE Act Training for Controlled Substance Providers, DEA registration to prescribe controlled substances  ERISA reform  Provider directories   NIH reform  Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health care  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) data privacy  H.R. 1219, Oral Health Products Inclusion Act  H.R. 3409, HEADs UP Act  S. 1164/H.R. 1397, Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act  H.R. 4556, Protect Our TEETH Act  H.R. 3885, Community TEAMS Act Oral health initiatives, ADH Implementation, National Health Service Corps, Health Professional Shortage Areas, Health Equity, HRSA Chief Dental Officer, Provider Relief Fund, workforce grants, integration of primary health care and oral health care, health equity, oral health literacy, advisory committee on training in primary care medicine and dentistry, National Performance Measures in Dentistry, dental team workforce shortages   Oral health initiatives, ADH Implementation, vaccine distribution and receipt, CDC reform Minamata Convention on Mercury, fluoride supplements  Cures Act implementation- interoperability, information blocking, AI, standards, USCDI+, USCDI v. 5 implementation  Indian Health Service, Medicaid, Health equity, Action for Dental Health, Medicare medically necessary Dental, USPHS, HIPAA, health equity, Public Health Service  

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1164 (119th), H.R. 3277 (119th), H.R. 3409 (119th), H.R. 1219 (119th), H.R. 4262 (119th), H.R. 2001 (119th), H.R. 1521 (119th), H.R. 3885 (119th), H.R. 929 (119th), H.R. 4556 (119th), S. 1677 (119th), S. 266 (119th), H.R. 1397 (119th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

State-Minamata Convention on Mercury (dental amalgam)  National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (fluoride)  Food and Water Watch et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency (fluoridation)  Personal Protective Equipment Access  Fluoride exposure, ADA Guideline Program  Caries screening evidence review and recommendation statement, fluoride supplements  Community water fluoridation, fluoride supplements  Fluoride study  NTP state-of-the-science report on fluoride/neurotoxicity, FDA dental amalgam safety statement and infographic  NIH, CDC, CMS, Sugar, Fluoride 

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); White House Office