Florida 2022 Regular Session Status: Failed 1 R cosponsors

SB 1444 — Dental Care Services

Last action — Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 926 (Ch. 2022-32)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. Died in session

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Dental Care Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide Medicaid reimbursements for dental services provided by a mobile dental unit owned by, operated by, or having a contractual agreement with a health access setting or a similar setting or program under certain circumstances; deleting the requirement that applicants for dental hygienist licensure demonstrate specified skills on a live patient; revising specified tasks that may be delegated only to a licensed dental hygienist; revising specified remediable tasks licensed dental hygienists may perform in health access settings without the physical presence, prior examination, or authorization of a dentist, etc.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 926 (Ch. 2022-32)

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

  4. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations

  5. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1444 do?
Dental Care Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide Medicaid reimbursements for dental services provided by a mobile dental unit owned by, operated by, or having a contractual agreement with a health access setting or a similar setting or program under certain circumstances; deleting the requirement that applicants for dental hygienist licensure demonstrate specified skills on a live patient; revising specified tasks that may be delegated only to a licensed dental hygienist; revising specified remediable tasks licensed dental hygienists may perform in health access settings without the physical presence, prior examination, or authorization of a dentist, etc.
Who sponsors SB 1444?
SB 1444 is sponsored by Brodeur, Jason (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 1444?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 1444?
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