Dental Therapy
Summary
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.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 6, 2024
Last action Jun 16, 2025
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This revision adds 'CS/' to the bill title, indicating it is now a committee substitute version. The page count increased from 67 to 68 pages, and the bill identifier changed from hb21-01-c1 to hb21-02-c2. The substantive content regarding dental therapy regulations appears unchanged in the visible portions of the diff.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; this is a version update with technical formatting changes.
TECHNICAL
Bill title changed from 'CS/HB 21' to 'CS/CS/HB 21', indicating progression through committee review stages.
Page count increased from 67 to 68 pages, likely due to formatting or minor additions.
Bill identifier updated from 'hb21-01-c1' to 'hb21-02-c2', tracking the version progression.
Floor votes · House Apr 23, 2025
How they voted
78–31
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 118
Apr 23, 2025
D
Democratic34
82% Nay
R
Republican84
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
13
Apr 23, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 32
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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