Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008

To expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting, and for other purposes.

3/6/2008--Introduced.
Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to schools of dentistry and hospitals with accredited training programs in pediatric dentistry.r/>Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary to provide for a pilot program to increase access to dental care for underserved populations through the use of new allied dental health professionals.
Requires the Secretary to award grants to federally qualified health centers to expand and improve the provision of dental services to medically underserved populations.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to develop, implement, and evaluate public health and clinical strategies to prevent and manage early childhood caries.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for a portion of compensation received for providing dental services under SSA titles XIX (Medicaid) or XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) or from an uninsured individual.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct a public education and awareness campaign on preventing, controlling, and ultimately eliminating early childhood caries.
Amends SSA titles XIX and XXI to expand reporting requirements with respect to children's dental services.
Requires the Comptroller General to study payment rates for dental services provided to individuals under Medicaid or SCHIP.
Requires the Secretary to ensure the inclusion of dental health prevention and promotion activities within existing prenatal and maternal child health programs.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
• and 11 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
  • Rep. Nancy Boyda [D, KS-2]
  • Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. R. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

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

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.5549

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 06, 2008

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• Mar 06, 2008: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Mar 06, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Mar 06, 2008: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Mar 06, 2008: 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.
• Introduced on Mar 06, 2008.

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• Women
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• Telemedicine
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• Taxation
• Tax credits
• Quality of care
• Preventive medicine
• Pregnant women
• Poor children
• Pediatrics
• Paramedical personnel
• Medically uninsured
• Medical fees
• Medical education
• Medical care
• Medicaid
• Maternal health services
• Managed care
• Income tax
• Higher education
• Health surveys
• Health policy
• Health insurance
• Health education
• Federal aid to health facilities
• Federal aid to education
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• Education
• Dentists
• Dentistry
• Dental care
• Continuing education
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Congressional investigations
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• Community health services
• Children
• Child health
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• Access to health care
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