3.0.0 2723 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z Senate S S 2008-03-06 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-06T23:16:16Z Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008 110 5549 HR 2008-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-03-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2008-03-06 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-04-02 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-04-02 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-04-21 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-05-01 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2008-06-04 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-07-28 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-11-19 False 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 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 Health 00 2008-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-21T19:37:46Z 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.

]]> Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2723is/xml/BILLS-110s2723is.xml 2008-03-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.