[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4091 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4091

  To assist low-income individuals in obtaining medically recommended 
                              dental care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2012

 Ms. DeGette introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To assist low-income individuals in obtaining medically recommended 
                              dental care.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coordination of Pro Bono Medically 
Recommended Dental Care Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS OR CONTRACTS TO FACILITATE LOW-INCOME ACCESS TO DENTAL 
              CARE.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
inserting after section 317M (42 U.S.C. 247b-14a) the following new 
section:

``SEC. 317M-1. GRANTS OR CONTRACTS TO FACILITATE LOW-INCOME ACCESS TO 
              DENTAL CARE.

    ``(a) Grants.--The Secretary shall award competitive grants to, or 
enter into contracts with, eligible entities to maximize the number of 
eligible low-income individuals receiving dental care.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--An entity shall use amounts received under a 
grant or contract under this section to fund the employment costs of a 
program to--
            ``(1) coordinate the provision of free, medically 
        recommended dental care to eligible low-income individuals by 
        volunteer dentists in a manner consistent with State licensing 
        laws; and
            ``(2) verify the medical, dental, and financial needs of 
        eligible low-income individuals who may be eligible for such 
        dental services.
    ``(c) Eligibility.--
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        or contract under subsection (a), an entity shall--
                    ``(A) be an entity that is exempt from tax under 
                section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(B) provide for the participation of eligible 
                individuals in a free dental services program; and
                    ``(C) submit to the Secretary an application at 
                such time, in such manner, and containing such 
                information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Eligible individual.--To be eligible to participate 
        in a program described in paragraph (1)(B), an individual shall 
        be--
                    ``(A) an adult individual entitled to benefits 
                under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act;
                    ``(B) an individual enrolled in part B of title 
                XVIII of such Act;
                    ``(C) an individual enrolled in a State plan or 
                waiver under title XIX of such Act; or
                    ``(D) an individual enrolled in a State child 
                health plan under title XXI of such Act or under an 
                approved waiver of such plan.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2013 through 2017.''.
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