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                                                       Calendar No. 554
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3016

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2018

   Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Scott) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

                            August 15, 2018

              Reported by Mr. Alexander, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Action for Dental Health 
Act of 2018''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. VOLUNTEER DENTAL PROJECTS AND ACTION FOR DENTAL HEALTH 
              PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 317M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247b-14) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
        subsections (f) and (g), respectively;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the 
        following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Action for Dental Health Program.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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 
        Service Administration, may award grants to or enter into 
        contracts with eligible entities to collaborate with State or 
        local public officials and other stakeholders to develop and 
        implement initiatives to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) improve oral health education and 
                dental disease prevention, including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) through community-wide 
                        prevention programs, such as programs that 
                        promote the use of dental sealants and fluoride 
                        varnish; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) by increasing public 
                        awareness and education related to oral health 
                        and dental disease prevention; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) reduce barriers to the provision of 
                dental services.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Eligible entity.--In this subsection, the 
        term `eligible entity' means an entity that is--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a State or local dental 
                association;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) a State oral health 
                program;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) a dental education, dental hygiene, 
                or postdoctoral dental education program accredited by 
                the Commission on Dental Accreditation; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) a community-based organization 
                that--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) partners with an academic 
                        institution;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) is exempt from tax under 
                        section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                        1986; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) partners with public and 
                        private stakeholders to facilitate the 
                        provision of dental services for underserved 
                        populations.''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1), by striking ``such sums as may be necessary for 
        each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005'' and inserting 
        ``$18,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 
        2022''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 340G of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
256g) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (b)(5)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``and'' at the end; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) the establishment of dental homes 
                for children and adults, including for the aged, blind, 
                and disabled populations;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) the provision of dental care to 
                nursing home residents;''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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 2018 
        through 2022''.</DELETED>

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''.
                                                       Calendar No. 554

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3016

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            August 15, 2018

                       Reported with an amendment