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Primary Care Dental Academic Workforce Development Act of 2008

Introduced: July 17, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Jul 17, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 17, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 17, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Primary Care Dental Academic Workforce Development Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, programs of general dentistry or pediatric dentistry to plan, develop, and operate a loan repayment program to pay student loans in exchange for service as full-time faculty members. Requires the Secretary to: (1) encourage participating programs to use support to broadly recruit diverse faculty; and (2) establish appropriate financial penalties for individuals not completing their service obligations.

What's happening now July 17, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 18, 2008
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jul 17, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6551: Primary Care Dental Academic Workforce Development Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6551/
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"H.R. 6551: Primary Care Dental Academic Workforce Development Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6551/.
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