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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Assessments

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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.

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