Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5549
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2008-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Community health services
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Dental care
Dentistry
Dentists
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health education
Health insurance
Health surveys
Higher education
Income tax
Managed care
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical fees
Medically uninsured
Paramedical personnel
Poor children
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Taxation
Telemedicine
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-06
text: 
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.

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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-03-06
text: 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.
action_date: 2008-03-06
text: 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.
action_date: 2008-03-06
text: 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.
action_date: 2008-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-06
text: Introduced in House