US Congress House Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 97-26-1)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Action for Dental Health Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize oral health promotion and disease prevention programs through FY2020. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may award grants or enter into contracts to obtain portable or mobile dental equipment and pay operational costs for the provision of free dental services to underserved populations. The CDC may also award grants or enter into contracts to collaborate with state, county, or local public officials and other stakeholders to develop and implement initiatives to: (1) improve oral health education and dental disease prevention; (2) make the health care delivery system providing dental services more accessible and efficient through the development and expansion of outreach programs that facilitate the establishment of dental homes; (3) reduce geographic, language, cultural, and similar barriers in the provision of dental services; (4) reduce the use of emergency departments by those who seek dental services more appropriately delivered in a dental primary care setting; or (5) facilitate the provision of dental care to nursing home residents who are disproportionately affected by lack of care.

Action for Dental Health Act of 2015

Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-01-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr539/BILLS-114hr539ih.pdf