Funding for dental coverage and benefits, caries prevention and oral health promotion, the dental workforce (incl. alternative dental providers and dental residencies), dental and fluoride research, and other dental-related agencies, programs and services. Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations-Agriculture (WIC, school lunches, Team Nutrition) Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations-Defense (dental research programs) Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations-Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (IHS oral health division) Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations-Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HHS, HRSA, NIH/NIDCR, other dental-related agencies) Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Appropriations- VA
Educational debt, student loans, loan repayment programs, dental school accreditation Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (student loans, accreditation) Bio-Professionals Workforce Pilot Program Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education H.R. 2028/S. 942, Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act) H.R. 1758/S. 1080, Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act H.R. 3711/S. 1948, POST GRAD Act H.R. 1, One Big, Beautiful Bill Act Education-2025 Negotiated Rulemaking; William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program (changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program) EDUCATION: Dental student loans and postgraduate educational debt
Adult dental Medicaid benefits Medicaid Audits, Claim Processing, Credentialing Childrens Health Insurance Program Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Postpartum oral health coverage CMS Chief Dental Officer H.R. 1, One Big, Beautiful Bill Act Oral health initiatives, OR access for dentists, Medicaid, Credentialing of Dentists, Medicare medically necessary Dental, Surprise Billing, access to care, Medicaid audits, Medicaid credentialing, Medicaid fees, dental quality measures, network adequacy, claims administration, Medicaid adult dental benefits, Medicaid and CHIP Child and Adult Core Set quality measures, dentist membership in the Core Set Review Workgroup, Medicare Advantage, postpartum oral health coverage, interoperability and prior authorization, health care attachments, provider directory, disparities in dental care, Essential Health Benefits, dental loss ratio
Implementation of the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act Dental Team Workforce Shortages Maldistribution of dentists H.R. 2332/S. 1101, the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act S. 2954, Healthcare Workforce Expansion Act of 2025 Infectious Diseases Standard Rulemaking Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica Rule-Preventing Workplace Violence in Healthcare Rural Health Transformation Program H1-B Visa Reform Antitrust Reform, Military spouse licensing reciprocity (OCR), anticompetitive reforms
Health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, expand and make permanent the 199A/pass through deduction for small businesses. Tax incentives to work in rural/underserved areas Exempting all repayments loan forgiveness programs from income tax H.R. 1219, to include over-the-counter oral healthcare products as qualified medical expenses which can be purchased with HSA and FSA funds. Corporate Transparency Act Bonus depreciation Retention of corporate tax rate Tax exempt status of credit unions Tax exempt status of 501c3 organizations Tax deductions for charitable contributions Pass-Through Entity Tax Deduction H.R. 1, One Big, Beautiful Bill Act HSA/FSA Oral health care products
Office of Smoking and Health Center for Tobacco Products Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Yield of Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products
VA Community Care Program Licensure Funding for VA Office of Dentistry Authority of VA Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Dentistry VA Expiring Authorities Act VETCARE Act Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that Would Require a VA Dental Clinic in Each State H.R. 9146, Ensuring Continuity of Care in Veterans Health Act H.R.8371/ S. 141, Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act H.R. 3838/S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act VETSmile Dental Pilot Program, Licensing, VA Community Care Program, funding for the VA Office of Dentistry, Authority of Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Dentistry
Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Indian Health Service: Supporting IHS dentists, Dental Health Program, support for dental health workforce, community dental health coordinators
Implementation of Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act Supporting Federal Dental Services Supporting dentists in the National Guard/Reserve NDAA: Tricare Dental Program reform, Military Retirement, FDS ranks Dental Care for Our Troops Act H.R. 3838/S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act Dental corps priorities and supporting military dentists, transition to Defense Health Agency, Military spouse licensing reciprocity
Authority for dental-related programs to operate, caries prevention and oral health promotion, access to dental care, dental research, oral and craniofacial defects, prescribing practices (e.g., opioid prescribing), etc. Affordable Care Act Division of Oral Health Food Labeling: Front-of-Package Nutrition Information Use of Orally Ingestible Fluoride Prescription Drug Products HIPAA Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information National Commission on Fluoride Health Effects Research National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs Essential Health Benefits Access to dental care for people with disabilities Community Health Center reauthorization (dental clinics) Title VII Reauthorization H.R. 4262, To reauthorize programs related to health professions education Teaching Health Center GME Reauthorization National Health Service Corps Reauthorization S. 1677/H.R. 3277, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA) Disparities in dental care H.R. 1521, Dental and Optometric Care Access Act (DOC Access Act) Oral health initiatives Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act H.R. 2001, Action for Dental Health Act Health Profession Shortage Areas Health Information Technology- Interoperability, Standards, AI Access to personal protective equipment for dental offices Emergency Department Boarding VA Community Care Program HHS, USDA Report-Dietary Guidelines for Americans H.R. 929/S. 266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Mental Health and Licensing of Dentists MATE Act Training for Controlled Substance Providers, DEA registration to prescribe controlled substances ERISA reform Provider directories NIH reform Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health care Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) data privacy H.R. 1219, Oral Health Products Inclusion Act H.R. 3409, HEADs UP Act S. 1164/H.R. 1397, Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act H.R. 4556, Protect Our TEETH Act H.R. 3885, Community TEAMS Act Oral health initiatives, ADH Implementation, National Health Service Corps, Health Professional Shortage Areas, Health Equity, HRSA Chief Dental Officer, Provider Relief Fund, workforce grants, integration of primary health care and oral health care, health equity, oral health literacy, advisory committee on training in primary care medicine and dentistry, National Performance Measures in Dentistry, dental team workforce shortages Oral health initiatives, ADH Implementation, vaccine distribution and receipt, CDC reform Minamata Convention on Mercury, fluoride supplements Cures Act implementation- interoperability, information blocking, AI, standards, USCDI+, USCDI v. 5 implementation Indian Health Service, Medicaid, Health equity, Action for Dental Health, Medicare medically necessary Dental, USPHS, HIPAA, health equity, Public Health Service
State-Minamata Convention on Mercury (dental amalgam) National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (fluoride) Food and Water Watch et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency (fluoridation) Personal Protective Equipment Access Fluoride exposure, ADA Guideline Program Caries screening evidence review and recommendation statement, fluoride supplements Community water fluoridation, fluoride supplements Fluoride study NTP state-of-the-science report on fluoride/neurotoxicity, FDA dental amalgam safety statement and infographic NIH, CDC, CMS, Sugar, Fluoride