section and submit a report to the Congress on the results 
of such evaluation. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2014.’’. 
(b) GRANTS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PILOT 
PROGRAM TO TRAIN ALLIED DENTAL HEALTH PROFES-
SIONALS.—Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
701, et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 511. GRANTS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PILOT 
PROGRAM 
TO 
TRAIN 
ALLIED 
DENTAL 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
award a grant to establish a pilot program to increase ac-
cess to dental care for underserved populations through 
the use of new allied dental health professionals. In award-
ing the grant, the Secretary shall consider pilot program 
applications that meet the following criteria: 
‘‘(1) The applicant plans to evaluate one or 
more distinct allied dental professional models. 
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‘‘(2) The model is structured such that the al-
lied dental professionals work under the supervision 
of a licensed dentist or dentists. 
‘‘(3) The application must include benchmarks 
reflecting the goal of increasing access to dental care 
for underserved populations. 
‘‘(4) The models tested by the applicant must 
be structured to be replicable in other areas of the 
country. The models tested must include strategies 
to maximize cost-efficiency. 
‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF FUNDING.—The Secretary 
shall adjust funding for the pilot program according to 
the training needs of the allied dental professionals and 
the number of sites used for the pilot program. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this section, and biennially there-
after, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the ac-
tivities funded through grants under this section and sub-
mit a report to Congress on the results of such evaluation. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2009 through 2014.’’. 
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SEC. 4. ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE. 
(a) ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE PILOT PROGRAM.— 
Subpart I of part D of title III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 330M. ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE PILOT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall award grants to 
Federally qualified health centers to expand and improve 
the provision of dental services to medically underserved 
populations. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may not make 
a grant to a Federally qualified health center under this 
section unless the center agrees to use the grant to expand 
and improve the provision of dental services to medically 
underserved populations by— 
‘‘(1) recruiting dentists, dental hygienists, or 
pediatric dentists; 
‘‘(2) purchasing or renting equipment for the 
provision of dental services; 
‘‘(3) constructing and expanding physical space 
for the provision of dental services; 
‘‘(4) allowing contractual relationships between 
Federally qualified health centers and private dental 
providers to increase access to dental care for adults 
and children; or 
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‘‘(5) establishing or maintaining mobile den-
tistry and teledentistry activities. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and bienni-
ally thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 
of the activities funded through grants under this section 
and submit a report to the Congress on the results of such 
evaluation. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Federally qualified health cen-
ter’ has the meaning given to such term in section 
1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d(l)(2)(B)). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘pediatric dentist’ means an indi-
vidual who has successfully completed residency 
training from a pediatric dentistry program accred-
ited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2014. 
‘‘SEC. 330N. EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES PREVENTION AND 
MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary is authorized to award 
grants to public or private entities to develop, implement, 
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and evaluate public health and clinical strategies to pre-
vent and manage early childhood caries. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to eligible entities to demonstrate the effectiveness 
of preventing and managing early childhood caries by— 
‘‘(1) developing materials and methods for early 
detection, anticipatory guidance, primary prevention, 
and disease suppression of early childhood caries; 
‘‘(2) developing and testing models of care de-
livery that engage nutritional, behavioral, edu-
cational, and pharmacologic approaches in early 
childhood caries prevention and control; 
‘‘(3) training dentists, physicians, and nurse 
practitioners in the medical and behavioral manage-
ment of early childhood caries; 
‘‘(4) partnering with Head Start, the Special 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In-
fants, and Children (WIC) established under section 
17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, or other early 
childhood programs to engage families in positive 
oral health behaviors and practices to reduce or 
eliminate early childhood caries; or 
‘‘(5) developing public health strategies includ-
ing public education, public policy, and public pro-
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