Updates from Virginia Oral Health Coalition
Congress Considers Older Americans Act- With Dental!
The Older Americans Reauthorization Act (OAA) provides older Americans with much needed community social services that allow them to age healthy and independently in their homes.
The Senate’s bill includes-for the first time-a small provision that allows the aging network to use funds they receive for disease prevention and health promotion activities to conduct oral health screenings. The oral health screenings do not require new or increased appropriations, but rather the provision directs the aging network to use funds they already receive for disease prevention and health promotion activities.
The Older Americans Reauthorization Act of 2015 was introduced