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Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008

Introduced: May 22, 2008 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 22, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4803)
May 22, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to condition eligibility for loan repayment programs on dentists meeting any (rather than all) of the following requirements: (1) agreeing to practice in designated dental health professional shortage areas; (2) being dental school graduates and agreeing to serve as public health dentists for the federal, state, or local government; or (3) agreeing to provide services to patients regardless of ability to pay and using a sliding payment scale for patients who are unable to pay the total cost of services.

Reauthorizes appropriations for grants to states for programs to address the dental workforce needs of designated dental health professional shortage areas.

What's happening now May 22, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3067: Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3067/
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"S. 3067: Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3067/.
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S. 3067, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3067/.
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