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LD1746 • 2025

An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children

An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Lori Gramlich
Last action
2026-04-16
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children

An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children Sponsor: Representative Lori Gramlich Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children Sponsor: Representative Lori Gramlich Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1212(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1212(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1746 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.
Sponsored By Senator Rotundo of Androscoggin , Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: The amendment removes the requirement for the Department of Health and Human Services to provide mobile dental services in each public health district every school year and replaces the funding section with new allocations.

  • Removes the requirement that the department must provide at least one mobile dental service provider in a different public health district every school year until all districts have coverage.
  • Replaces the existing appropriations and allocations section with new funding for contracting mobile dental services providers to deliver services in public schools and training primary care providers.
  • The amendment text does not specify how many years it will take to provide mobile dental services in all districts after this change.
  • Details on the exact nature of the training and education for primary care providers are not provided.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-16 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-04-14 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2026-04-13 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-06-09 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-04-22 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children
Sponsor:
Representative Lori Gramlich
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1212(05)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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H.P. 1164 - L.D. 1746
An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive
Dental Care Among Maine Children
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3174-S, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 635, Pt. AAA,
§1, is amended to read:
2-A. School-based preventive oral health services. By January 1, 2025 2027, the
department shall provide preventive oral health services through the Maine Center for
Disease Control and Prevention in all public schools in the State. The department shall
establish public-private partnerships between state agencies or public schools and private
corporations, individuals or organizations to allow mobile dental services providers to offer
additional preventive oral health and disease intervention services in public schools.
Sec. 2. Mobile dental services providers in public health districts. The
Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a model to provide for a mobile
dental services provider in each public health district as described in the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 22, section 411, subsection 5, based on the Cumberland County School Oral
Health Project. For the purposes of this section, "mobile dental services" means dental
services provided at a setting other than a permanent dental clinic. The department shall
establish public-private partnerships between the department or school districts and private
corporations, individuals or organizations to initially set up mobile dental services
providers with equipment, supplies, logistics and methods of operation.
Sec. 3. Department of Health and Human Services to provide training and
education to primary care providers. The oral health program within the Department
of Health and Human Services shall provide training and education to primary care
providers on minimally invasive dental disease treatment for infants and small children.
The department shall ensure that all training and education is provided by licensed dental
health professionals. The department shall use guidance from the From the First Tooth
program or its successor program and the American Academy of Pediatrics to encourage
the use of silver diamine fluoride by pediatricians in primary care settings to reduce dental
disease and prevent cavities.
APPROVED
APRIL 16, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
723
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR1212(05)
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
Initiative: Provides funding to contract with mobile dental services providers to deliver
services in public schools and provides funding for ongoing training and education for
primary care providers on minimally invasive dental disease treatment.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
All Other $0 $325,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $325,000