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HB 979 (2020) -  Dental Therapy

General Bill by Plasencia
Dental Therapy: Authorizes Medicaid to reimburse for dental services provided by certain mobile dental units; creates Council on Dental Therapy; specifies licensure requirements, services, limitations, & prohibitions relating to practice of dental therapy; requires DOH, in consultation with Board of Dentistry & AHCA, to submit reports to Legislature by specified dates; requires specified information & recommendations to be included in such reports.
Effective Date: July 1, 2020
Last Event: Died in Health Quality Subcommittee on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 152 Subject: Dental Therapy Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

(None Available)

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 01/03/2020 - 1:08 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Human Services Committee Time: 01/03/2020 - 1:08 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Time: 01/03/2020 - 1:08 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 01/03/2020 - 1:08 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 12/17/2019 - 2:25 PM Member: Plasencia Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
409.906 HB 35, SB 42, CS/SB 82, SB 152, CS/CS/HB 607*, CS/CS/HB 7053
466.001 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.002 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.003 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.004 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.006 SB 152, CS/CS/CS/SB 230, CS/HB 707, CS/CS/CS/HB 713, SB 1032, CS/SB 1124, HB 1273
466.0075 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.009 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.011 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.0136 SB 152
466.016 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.017 SB 152, CS/CS/CS/SB 230, CS/HB 707, CS/CS/CS/HB 713, CS/SB 1124, CS/CS/HB 1143, CS/HB 1319
466.018 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.0225 SB 152
466.0227 SB 152
466.026 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.028 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124
466.0285 SB 152, CS/HB 707, CS/SB 1124

(*) Not the latest version