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[H.R. 2422 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2422

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve essential oral health 
 care for low-income and other underserved individuals by breaking down 
                barriers to care, and for other purposes.

    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 Action for Dental Health Act of 2018.
SEC. 2. ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION.
    (a) In General.--Section 399LL of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280k) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``of Oral 
        Health Education Campaign'' after ``Establishment''; and
            (B) by striking ``focused on oral healthcare prevention and 
        education'' and inserting ``focused on oral health education'';
        (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
    by striking ``campaign'' and inserting ``campaign under subsection 
    (a)''; and
        (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Action for Dental Health Program.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
    Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
    Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
    may award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible 
    entities to collaborate with State or local public health 
    officials, tribal health officials, oral health professional 
    organizations, and others, as appropriate, to develop and implement 
    initiatives to improve oral health, including activities to prevent 
    dental disease and reduce barriers to the provision of dental 
    services, including--
            ``(A) through community-wide dental disease prevention 
        programs; and
            ``(B) by increasing public awareness and education related 
        to oral health and dental disease prevention.
        ``(2) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant, 
    contract, or cooperative agreement under this subsection, an entity 
    shall be--
            ``(A) a dental association;
            ``(B) a State or tribal health department or State or 
        tribal oral health program;
            ``(C) an accredited dental education, dental hygiene, or 
        postdoctoral dental education program; or
            ``(D) a non-profit community-based organization that 
        partners with public and private non-profit entities, such as 
        an academic institution, to facilitate the provision of dental 
        services to underserved populations.'';
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 399LL-1(d) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280k-1(d)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``shall, as practicable 
    and appropriate,'' before ``utilize''; and
        (2) by striking ``public education campaign'' and inserting 
    ``oral health education campaign and action for dental health 
    program''.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives, a report on the outcomes and effectiveness of programs 
and activities conducted under sections 399LL and 399LL-1 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280k and 280k-1).
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.
    Section 340G of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256g) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(5)--
            (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) the establishment or development of models for the 
        provision of dental services to children and adults, such as 
        dental homes, including for the elderly, blind, individuals 
        with disabilities, and individuals living in long-term care 
        facilities; and
            ``(E) the establishment of initiatives to reduce the use of 
        emergency departments by individuals who seek dental services 
        more appropriately delivered in a dental primary care 
        setting;''; and
        (2) in subsection (f), by striking ``$25,000,000 for the 5-
    fiscal year period beginning with fiscal year 2008'' and inserting 
    ``$13,903,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.