Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2007

To provide disadvantaged children with access to primary dental care services.

3/29/2007--Introduced.
Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to:
(1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states to improve dental services to children enrolled in Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP);
(2) include dental services as a basic service under SCHIP; and
(3) allow states to provide wrap-around coverage under SCHIP for dental services to privately-insured children.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments for dental residency programs.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary, acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to establish a grant program to expand the availability of primary dental care services in dental health professional shortage areas or medically underserved areas. Authorizes retention bonuses for eligible dental officers of the Indian Health Service. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of HRSA and the Director of the Indian Health Service, to establish demonstration projects to increase access to dental services for children in underserved areas.
Directs the Secretary to establish:
(1) an oral health initiative to reduce disparities in oral health; and
(2) Chief Dental Officers for Medicaid and SCHIP, HRSA, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Requires the Director of the CDC to collect data on dental, craniofacial, and oral health. Requires the Secretary to identify populations at high risk for early childhood caries (tooth decay) and to develop prevention programs. Revises the eligibility requirements for the school-based dental sealant program to include Indian tribes. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to award grants to states and Indian tribes to improve their basic capacity to improve the oral health of children and their families.


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Sponsor

• Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
• and 94 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
  • Thomas Allen
  • Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1]
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Julia Carson
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Robert Cramer
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
  • Rep. Joe Donnelly [D, IN-2]
  • Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Nicholas Lampson
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
  • Michael McNulty
  • Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
  • Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
  • Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
  • Charles Pickering
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
  • James Ramstad
  • Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
  • Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Michael Simpson [R, ID-2]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Zachary Space [D, OH-18]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D, NY-12]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
  • Albert Wynn
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 3 more
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1781

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 29, 2007

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• Apr 10, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Mar 30, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Introduced on Mar 29, 2007.
• Mar 29, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Mar 29, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Mar 29, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means

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• Medicine
• Access to health care
• Budgets
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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• Child health
• Children
• Civil rights
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• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Dental care
• Dentistry
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• Department of Health and Human Services
• Disabled
• Discrimination in medical care
• Education
• Elementary and secondary education
• Executive departments
• Federal aid to Indians
• Federal aid to child health services
• Federal aid to education
• Federal officials
• Fringe benefits
• Government employees
• Health education
• Health insurance
• Health policy
• Health surveys
• Higher education
• Indian children
• Indian education
• Indian medical care
• Medicaid
• Medical care
• Medical education
• Medical residents
• Medical statistics
• Medically uninsured
• Minorities
• Nursing
• Pediatrics
• Poor children
• Preventive medicine
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• Salaries
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April 15, 2008 Author : Academy of General Dentistry

... including enactment of Deamonte's Law (HR 2371), the Children's Dental Health Improvement Act (S 739/HR 1781), and the Meth Mouth bill (S 1906/HR 3186). ...

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April 15, 2008 Academy of General Dentistry Releases Updated Employment Stati ...

... sheets on its legislative goals for the second session of the 110th Congress including enactment of Deamonte's Law (HR 2371), the Children's Dental Health Improvement Act (S 739/HR 1781), and the Meth Mouth bill (S 1906/HR 3186). ...

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March 25, 2008 Access Dental

About 20 million could see their care jeopardized by further cuts to doctors' reimbursements Access Dental Sacramento HR 1781, the Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2007, would improve access to dental care under the State ...

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October 31, 2007 Dingell introduces bill that would expand dental coverage for ...

last week introduced a bill (HR 1781) that would help improve the delivery of dental services to low-income children enrolled in Medicaid and SCHIP, CQ HealthBeat reports. The legislation would expand dental coverage to additional ...

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