Pass a grant program reauthorization to address dental workforce needs.

Ken Calvert · California · Republican

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Latest Action: 12/11/2018 Became Public Law No: 115-302. Congress.gov summary says the bill reauthorizes through FY2023 and revises the HRSA grant program regarding dental health professional shortage areas.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov records H.R. 2422 as enacted into Public Law 115-302 and summarizes it as reauthorizing and revising the HRSA dental health professional shortage-area grant program through FY2023.

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Congress.gov: H.R.2422 - Action for Dental Health Act of 2018
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Public Law 115-302 amended the Public Health Service Act and changed the authorization from $25,000,000 for a 5-fiscal-year period beginning FY2008 to $13,903,000 for each of FY2019 through FY2023.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted statute reauthorized the relevant dental grant authority for FY2019-FY2023, satisfying the promise to pass a grant program reauthorization addressing dental workforce needs.

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Public Law 115-302 - Action for Dental Health Act of 2018
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Roll Call 82 on H.R. 2422 was Passed, 387 yea to 13 nay. The Clerk lists Calvert, Republican, California, voting Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Calvert personally voted for House passage of H.R. 2422, a concrete legislative action supporting the reauthorization before final enactment.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 82, H.R. 2422
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The committee report says H.R. 2422 reauthorizes HRSA's Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities, increasing access to dental care in underserved communities.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House committee report directly ties H.R. 2422 to reauthorizing a dental workforce grant program and describes the workforce-access purpose behind the bill.

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House Report 115-328 - Action for Dental Health Act of 2017
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All Actions show House passage on 02/26/2018, Senate passage by voice vote on 10/11/2018, House agreement to the Senate amendment by voice vote on 11/28/2018, and Public Law 115-302 on 12/11/2018.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official action history shows the bill cleared both chambers, resolved differences, was signed by the President, and became law.

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Congress.gov: All Actions for H.R.2422
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Public Law 115-302, the Action for Dental Health Act of 2018, reauthorized the HRSA dental workforce grant authority for FY2019-FY2023 and addressed dental health professional shortage areas. It passed both chambers and was signed into law on December 11, 2018 while Ken Calvert was serving in the House; Calvert also voted for House passage of H.R. 2422. This satisfies the promised federal grant program reauthorization during the same term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%