3.0.0 3067 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z Senate S S 2008-05-22 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-22T20:43:56Z 2008-05-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-05-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4803) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2008-05-22 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-05-22 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-07-31 False Health Access to health care Authorization Dental care Dentists Economics and Public Finance Education Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Higher education Medical education Medical fees Medically uninsured Public health personnel Scholarships Student loan funds Health 00 2008-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-21T19:51:15Z Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to condition eligibility for loan repayment programs on dentists meeting any (rather than all) of the following requirements: (1) agreeing to practice in designated dental health professional shortage areas; (2) being dental school graduates and agreeing to serve as public health dentists for the federal, state, or local government; or (3) agreeing to provide services to patients regardless of ability to pay and using a sliding payment scale for patients who are unable to pay the total cost of services.

Reauthorizes appropriations for grants to states for programs to address the dental workforce needs of designated dental health professional shortage areas.

]]> Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Dental Health Improvement Act. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3067is/xml/BILLS-110s3067is.xml 2008-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.