4563770 Public Hearing Notice on B20-227, “Children’s Oral Health Care Amendment Act of 2013"

Council of the District of Columbia                            

Committee on Health

Notice of Public Hearing

1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004                  

                                                         

COUNCILMEMBER YVETTE M. ALEXANDER, CHAIRPERSON

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING

 

on

 

Bill 20-227, the “Children’s Oral Health Care Amendment Act of 2013"

 

Thursday, November 7, 2013

11:00 a.m., Room 412, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

 

Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander, Chairperson of the Committee on Health, announces a hearing on Bill 20-227, the “Children’s Oral Health Care Amendment Act of 2013".  The public hearing will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 7, 2013 in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building.

                                                                                          

The stated purpose of Bill 20-227 is to amend the Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 to allow dental hygienists to provide dental sealants to children in school-based dental sealant programs under the general supervision of a dentist without a prior dental examination of the patient by a dentist; to authorize dental assistants to assist dental hygienists in providing treatment in school-based dental sealant programs under the general supervision of a dentist; to order the Mayor of the District of Columbia to make existing D.C. Municipal Regulations consistent with this act where they are inconsistent; to require the District of Columbia Department of Health to establish an oral health database and report oral health data to the National Oral Health Surveillance System; to require certain elementary schools to offer school-based sealant programs to their students; to require the District of Columbia Department of Health to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide dental sealant services in school-based sealant programs; to require DOH to study the alternatives for creating an expanded dental team to increase access to oral health care in underserved communities in the District of Columbia and to report its findings in writing to the Council of the District of Columbia.

 

Those who wish to testify should contact Rayna Smith, Committee Director, at [phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail] and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony.  If submitted by the close of business on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, the testimony will be distributed to Councilmembers before the hearing.  Witnesses should limit their testimony to four minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses.    

 

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to Ms. Rayna Smith, Room 115 of the Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2013.