SB 604 Florida Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Dental Therapy

Summary
Dental Therapy; Authorizing Medicaid to reimburse for dental services provided in a mobile dental unit that is owned by, operated by, or contracted with a health access setting or another similar setting or program; requiring the chair of the Board of Dentistry to appoint a Council on Dental Therapy within a specified timeframe; authorizing a dental therapist under the general supervision of a dentist to administer local anesthesia and operate an X-ray machine, expose dental X-ray films, and interpret or read such films if specified requirements are met, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Committee
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Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Jeff Brandes
Jeff Brandes
RRepublican
FL
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