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March 2025 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Marci H. Levine, D.M.D., M.D.
Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
NYU College of Dentistry

NYU Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 72, March 5, 2025; ED Removes Income-based Repayment and Loan Consolidation Applications from its Website; DEI Executive Orders Temporarily Blocked; ED Removes Income-based Repayment and Loan Consolidation Applications from its Website; Oral Preventive Assistant Bill Passes Arizona Senate; ADEA/AADOCR/Friends of NIDCR Advocacy Day 2025!

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 71, February 26, 2025; President Trump Signs the “Make America Healthy Again” Executive Order; CDC Vaccine Advisory Meeting Postponed by HHS; Licensure Bills Advance in Mississippi, Utah and Virginia; Dental Hygiene Bills Moving in Mississippi and Montana.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 70, February 20, 2025; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary; Confirmation Hearing Held for Education Secretary; Education Department Issues Guidance on Race Based Programs; Mississippi House Advances Bill to Expand Rural Dentist Scholarship Program; Virginia Legislature Advances Bill to Extend Faculty Licensure for Foreign-trained Dentists; Indiana House Advances Dental Hygienist Compact Bill to Expand Licensure Portability; ADEA/AADOCR/Friends of NIDCR Advocacy Day 2025!

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 69, February 12, 2025; NIH Announces New Funding Policy Effective Monday, Feb. 10; FDA Issued Proposed Rule on Nicotine Levels; Trump Administration Not Fully Following Order Blocking Funding Freeze; Utah House Passes Bill Banning Fluoride in Public Water Systems; Florida Passes Sweeping Immigration Bill, Including In-state Tuition Ban, Setting Up Clash With DeSantis; Mississippi House Passes Bill to Ban DEI in Public Schools and Colleges.

February 2025 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Mr. Jason Budnik
Director of Sales Schools and Government 
DCI EDGE

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 68, February 4, 2025; Trump Administration Orders Federal Funding Freeze, Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order; 2020 Title IX Rules Reinstituted by the Trump Administration; ADEA’s Summary of State and Federal Loan Forgiveness Programs Updated; Indiana and West Virginia Governors Ban DEI Programs Through Executive Order; ADEA/AADOCR/Friends of NIDCR Advocacy Day 2025;Hey! Students Attending the 2025 Annual Session & Exhibition, This One is for You.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 67, January 29, 2025; Trump Administration Orders “Immediate Pause” on HHS External Communications; 
Trump Signs Executive Order Ending DEI Practices in the Federal Government; Trump Issues Executive Order Regarding Gender Identity; Trump Withdraws the United States from the World Health Organization; Georgia Revises Medicaid Program to Ease Access for Parents of Young Children; Save the Date: ADEA/AADOCR/Friends of NIDCR Advocacy Day 2025!
 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 66, January 23, 2025;The New Congress Agenda Begins to Take Shape; Judge Issues Final Ruling Against Biden’s Title IX Regulations; NIH Director Resigns; Lawsuit Challenges Alabama Anti-DEI Law; Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Allowing Foreign-trained Dentists to Work as Dental Hygienists.  

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 65, January 14, 2025; Judge Rules Naval Academy May Consider Race in Admissions; HHS Updates HIPPA Requirements to Address Cybersecurity Concerns; State Legislatures Target Higher Education in 2025.  

January 2025 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Ms. Chloe Barrett
Founder and CEO
Immersify 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 64, January 8, 2025; Leadership for the 119th Congress; 118th Congress Concludes; New Jersey Assembly Passes Reforms to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 61, December 06, 2024; DEA Extends Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities Until Dec. 31, 2025; House Passes FAFSA Deadline Act; New York Governor Signs Bill to Promote Oral Health Awareness; Vetoes Bill to Prohibit Required Dental Insurer Discounts. 

December 2024 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Ms. Susan Ferrante
Global Director of Institutional Sales
A-dec Inc. 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 59, November 20, 2024; NIH Advisory Board Reconstituted; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Nominated for HHS Secretary; Nevada Adopts New Regulations for Dental Therapists, Adds Dental Specialties; Colorado Governor Proposes Medicaid Payer Freeze.   

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 58, November 13, 2024; 2024 Election Outcome—President; 2024 Election Outcome—Senate; 2024 U.S. House of Representatives Election Results: Republicans Hold the Majority; Preparing for the New Congress; Eight New Governors and No Party Flips in Governors' Races; Republicans Flip Michigan House and Possibly Minnesota House; Supermajorities Are Lost in North Carolina and Vermont; A Handful of States Still too Close to Call; Democrats Tee up Health Care Bill for Lame Duck Session Passage; California Voters Approve Ballot Measure to Increase Funding for Health Care, Including Medi-Cal Dental.

November 7, 2024 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Mr. Nathaniel Kemp
North America Special Markets/DSO Manager
W&H Impex North America

October 4, 2024 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Mr. Kenneth D. Allen
Director, Strategic Accounts
NSK America Corp

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 57, October 2, 2024; Congress Passes Continuing Resolution for Federal Government to Remain Open; Telehealth Extension Bill Passes Energy and Commerce Committee; Louisiana Legislators Postpone Extending DentaQuest’s Medicaid Dental Contract After Network Coverage Complaints; Pennsylvania Bill Would Offer More Medicaid Dental Coverage for Adults; Michigan Bill Would Require Health Professional Applicants Renewing Licenses to Complete Training on Implicit Bias; The ADEA Advocate Will Take a Break Until Congress Returns.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 56, September 25, 2024; Congress Likely to Avoid Federal Government Shutdown; U.S. House Passes End Woke Higher Education Act; U.S. Department of Education Delays Gainful Employment Reporting Date; Illinois Governor Signs Teledentistry Bill; New Jersey Board of Dentistry Proposes Changes to Requirements for Registered Dental Assistants.  

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 55, September 18, 2024; FDA Updates Rule Regarding Minimum Age for Tobacco Sales; Judge Blocks Biden’s Proposed Plan B Student Loan Forgiveness Program; Illinois Governor Signs Bill Modifying Teledentistry Laws; California Legislature Sends Legacy Admissions Ban Bill to Governor.

September 6, 2024 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Erika Spring, M.Ed., RDH
U.S. GBT Education Manager
EMS Dental 

August 2, 2024 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Ms. Deidre Wise
National Accounts Manager (Central)
Komet USA 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 54, August 7, 2024; Title IX Injunction Extended to Include 364 Additional Colleges and Universities; Senate Appropriations Committee Marks Up Labor-HHS Bill; “Food as Medicine” Provision Included in Older Americans Reauthorization Act;Illinois Governor Signs Bill Allowing Pre-License Practice; Pennsylvania Board of Dentistry Proposes Changes to Licensure by Credentials Rules; ADEA Advocate to Take Hiatus During Congressional August Recess.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 53, July 31, 2024; CMS Oral Health Initiative Provides Update on Policy Changes;House Holds Hearing on “Restoring Public Trust” in the CDC; Missouri Medicaid Now Provides Coverage of Routine Dental Exams for Adults; Ohio Joins Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.  

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 52, July 24, 2024; Biden Administration Places SAVE Student Loan Repayment and Forgiveness Plan Enrolled Borrowers in Interest-free Forbearance After Appeals Court Blocks Program in Its Entirety; 15 States Block Implementation of the New Title IX Rule; Florida Governor Signs Bill Instituting Licensure by Credentials; Federal Judge Rules Against Georgia’s Request to Extend Partial Medicaid Expansion.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 51, July 17, 2024; House Panel Proposes Restructure of NIH; House Appropriations LHHS Markup; House Committees Mark Up Bills Impacting Colleges and Universities; Wisconsin Rule Change Expands Circumstances Permitting a Dental Hygienists to Apply Topical Anesthetics; Florida Board Proposes Rule Change for Teaching Administration of Nitrous Oxide.  

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 50, July 9, 2024; FDA Approves Marketing for Four Menthol E-Cigarettes; Texas Judge Halts Biden’s “Bare Minimum Rule”; Oregon Expands Medicaid Income Limits; New Hawaii Law Will Allow Dental Hygienists to Apply Sealants in School-Based Programs; Partnering with ARPA-H.

July 5, 2024 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Ms.Sarah Lynn
Fourth-year Dental Student
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 49, July 3, 2024; Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Case, Limits Powers of Federal Agencies; Appeals Court Upholds ACA’s Preventative Care Mandate for Most Americans, but Leaves Opening for Future Legal Challenges; Canada’s Federal Dental Plan Opens to All Children Under 18 and Adults with Disabilities; Colorado Moves Toward Adopting “Food as Medicine” Policy for Medicaid Enrollees.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 48, June 26, 2024; New Title IX Regulations Blocked in 10 States; American Medical Association Adopts Policy to Support Expanded Dental Benefits; Illinois Legislature Sends Two Dental Practice Act-related Bills to Governor; Ohio General Assembly Passes Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 47, June 20, 2024; U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Passes Health Care Bills; Federal Judge Allows SAVE Act Student Loan Repayment Case to Move Forward; Colorado Governor Signs Bills That Impact Oral Health Providers and Higher Education; California Senate Passes Licensure and Medicaid Legislation.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 46, June 12, 2024; End of Pandemic Era Internet Subsidies Threatens Access to Telehealth in Rural and Underserved Areas; Latest Numbers Show an Increase in Health Professional Shortage areas; Florida Makes Changes to Licensure and Teledentistry Laws; New York Sends Pair of Bills to Improve Dental Health to Governor.

June 10, 2024 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Ms. Eboney Hinds
Second-year Dental Student
Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 45, June 5, 2024; U.S. Senate Holds “Food is Medicine” Hearing; NIH Fails to Provide Enough Diversity in Clinical Trials; Maryland Governor Signs Multiple Bills Impacting Oral Health Providers; Louisiana Makes Changes to State Licensure Laws. 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 44, May 29, 2024; Sen. Cassidy Wants Review and Modernization of NIH; Biden Administration Announces Expansion of Health Coverage to DACA Recipients; Alabama Invests in Rural Dentistry; Eighth and Possibly Ninth State to Join Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 43, May 22, 2024; HHS Releases Final Updated Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act; Rep. Murphy and Sen. Cassidy Introduced the No Fees for EFTs Act; Georgia Governor Vetoes Teledentistry Bill; Signs Budget With Increased Funding for Medicaid Adult Dental Benefits; Connecticut General Assembly Sends Bills to Governor That Will Impact Oral Health Providers.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 42, May 15, 2024; ED Temporarily Pauses Processing of PSLF Applications; U.S. Rep. Pallone Urges Increased Funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program; Maryland Joins Colorado and Virginia in Banning Legacy Admissions; Colorado To Become Eighth State to Join Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 41, May 8, 2024; DOL Releases New Overtime Rule; Biden Administration Delays Final Rule That Would Ban Menthol Cigarettes; 15 States Sue Biden Administration Over Title IX Regulations; Wisconsin Technical Colleges Submit Plans for Additional Oral Health Program Funding. 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 40, April 30, 2024; PRO-HEAL Act Aims to Increase Oral Health Workforce; Maine Becomes Seventh State to Join Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; Compact Commission Can Now Form; Georgia Governor Signs Bill to Include Dental Students in Rural Service Cancelable Loan Program; Nebraska Governor Signs Bill Declaring Intent of Legislature to Increase Dental Medicaid Reimbursement Rates.  

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 39, April 24, 2024; Biden Administration Releases Title IX Final Rule; Mississippi Governor Signs Bill to Exempt Dentists from Prohibition on Balanced Billing; Oklahoma Sends Bill to Governor That Would Make Multiple Changes to State’s Dental Practice Act.
    

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 38, April 16, 2024; President Biden Releases New Student Debt Plan; Canadian Oral Health Providers Negotiate Fees Under Federal Dental Plan; Virginia Passes Law Requiring Patient Counseling Before Prescribing Opioids; Kansas Becomes Sixth State to Join Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; ADEA, AADOCR and Friends of NIDCR Members Unite on Advocacy Day to Champion Oral Health and Dental Education on Capitol Hill.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 37, April 9, 2024; Biden Administration Issues New Rule Regarding Insurance Plans; Licensure Update; Maryland Sends Bill to Gov. Requiring Study of Medicaid Dental Benefits; CMS Releases Final Rule Allowing States to Choose Adult Routine Dental Coverage as an EHB.

April 5, 2024 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Elizabeth A. Shick, D.D.S., M.P.H., 
Associate Professor
University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 36, April 2, 2024; CMS Final Rule Simplifies Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment and Renewal; Sens. Heinrich and Casey Introduce the PRO-HEAL Act; Florida Gov. Signs Bill That Creates New Health Care Workforce Programs and Expands Loan Repayment; West Virginia Governor Signs Bill Increasing Medicaid Spending Cap on Dentures.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 35, March 26, 2024; Biden Signs Executive Order on Women’s Health Research; House Education Committee Passes Two Anti-DEI Bills; Congress Finishes FY 2024 Appropriations Bills; U.S. Senate Recognizes the 75th Anniversary of the NIDCR; Alabama Gov. Signs Bill Banning DEI Initiatives at Public Institutions of Higher Education; Georgia Sends Bill to Gov. to Define and Regulate Teledentistry.  

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 34, March 20, 2024; CDC Updates COVID Guidance; National Health Service Corps Is Accepting Applications; Virginia Becomes Fifth State to Join Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; Tennessee Gov. Signs Bill to Increase Number of Dental Hygienists Safety Net Dentists May Supervise.