Dental Student Loan Repayment Program

Feb 9, 2024
On Tuesday, April 9, SB 716 by Sen. Ed Hooper (R-Palm Harbor) passed unanimously out of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services.
The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration. SB 716 would encourage dentists to practice as full-time Medicaid providers in rural or underserved areas in a county health department or community health center. Additionally, SB 716 would expand the Donated Dental Services program by allocating funding for two full-time coordinators and operating expenses. The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration.

The House companion bill, HB 465 by Rep. Mike Grant (R-Port Charlotte), is waiting to be heard in the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

Capital Report, Vol. 26, No. 7 – April 12, 2019