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Union Calendar No. 238 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2422 
[Report No. 115–328] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2017 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself and Mr. SIMPSON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. HECK, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SWALWELL of 
California, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SE-
WELL of Alabama, Mr. PALAZZO, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. KILMER, Ms. MOORE, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, 
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CARSON 
of Indiana, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. RODNEY 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. WALZ, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 
KEATING, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. LOEBSACK, 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 
VELA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. BARTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
LEVIN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. PETERS, Ms. LEE, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania 
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 15, 2017] 
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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. VOLUNTEER DENTAL PROJECTS AND ACTION FOR 
DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Section 317M of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b–14) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ACTION FOR DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol 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, county, or local 
public officials and other stakeholders to develop and 
implement initiatives to accomplish any of the fol-
lowing goals: 
‘‘(A) To improve oral health education and 
dental disease prevention, including through 
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community-wide prevention programs, through 
the use of dental sealants and fluoride varnish, 
and by increasing oral health literacy. 
‘‘(B) To reduce geographic barriers, lan-
guage barriers, cultural barriers, and other simi-
lar barriers to the provision of dental services. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘eligible entity’ means an entity that is— 
‘‘(A) a State or local dental association; 
‘‘(B) a State oral health program; 
‘‘(C) a dental education, dental hygiene, or 
postdoctoral dental education program accredited 
by the Commission on Dental Accreditation; or 
‘‘(D) 
a 
community-based 
organization 
that— 
‘‘(i) partners with an academic insti-
tution; 
‘‘(ii) is exempt from tax under section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; and 
‘‘(iii) partners with public and private 
stakeholders to facilitate the provision of 
dental 
services 
for 
underserved 
popu-
lations.’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$18,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2018 through 2022’’. 
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 of dental homes for 
children and adults, including for the aged, 
blind, and disabled populations; 
‘‘(E) the establishment of initiatives to re-
duce the use of emergency departments by indi-
viduals who seek dental services more appro-
priately delivered in a dental primary care set-
ting; and 
‘‘(F) the provision of dental care to nursing 
home residents;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 
for the 5-fiscal year period beginning with fiscal year 
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Union Calendar No. 238 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2422 
[Report No. 115–328] 
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. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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