Announcements

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 85, June 10, 2025; NIH Submits Budget to Congress, Includes Substantial Funding Cuts; Trump Administration Imposes Broad Travel and Visa Restrictions on 19 Nations; White House Submits Rescission Package to Congress; The Trump Administration Escalates International Student Feud With Harvard University; Louisiana Sends AADB Compact to Governor; Dental Hygiene Included in SUNY Free Community College Program; Oregon Governor Signs Bill That Requires the Adoption of Rules to Govern State’s Medicaid Dental Subcontractors.

June 2025 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on 
Melanie E. Mayberry, D.D.S., M.S., HCM
Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry
Clinical Professor and Division Director, Practice Essentials and Interprofessional Education
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 84, June 3, 2025; Trump Administration Cracks Down on International Students; White House Submits President’s Budget Request for FY 2026; NY Senate Advances Bill to Allow Parent-applied Fluoride Varnish Under Supervision; Oregon Governor Signs Law Requiring Dental Lab Registration,

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 83, May 28, 2025; U.S. House Passes Reconciliation Bill; ICE Warns International Students of SEVIS Terminations; Federal Judge Blocks Executive Order Dismantling ED; Orders Reinstatement of Fired Employees; Nevada Sends Three Bills to Governor That Will Impact Oral Health Professionals; Iowa Legislature Sends Bill to Governor That Would Establish Residency Minimums for Dental and Medical Schools.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 82, May 21, 2025; House Reconciliation Bill Advances to the Full House; FDA Moves to Ban Ingestible Fluoride Prescription Products for Children From the Market; Secretary Kennedy Testifies on Capitol Hill; Oklahoma Bill Will Make Changes to State Dental Act With Licensing, Training and Practice Reforms; Florida Bill Bans Fluoride Use in Public Water Systems.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 81, May 15, 2025; ED Releases Accreditation “Dear Colleague” Letter; National Science Foundation Caps Indirect Costs; Colorado Makes Multiple Changes to Dental Practice Act; Iowa Governor Signs Bill to Allow Dental Assistants to Practice Without Registering; Faculty Licensure Changes Pass South Carolina House.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 80, May 8, 2025; Trump Administration Releases a FY 2026 “Skinny” Budget; House Education Committee Advances Sweeping Higher Ed Reconciliation Bill; President Trump Issues New Executive Orders Impacting Higher Education; Stricter Oversight of Accrediting Agencies and New Accreditation Outlines; Eliminating the Use of Disparate-impact Liability Across Agencies; Orders Addressing HBCUs and Foreign Influence at American Universities; Anti-fluoride Bills Pass Florida Legislature and Louisiana Senate; Indiana Sends Budget Bill With Higher Ed Policy Provisions to Governor.

May 2025 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Erin E. Bumann, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S. 
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Dentistry 
 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 79, April 30, 2025; Courts Temporarily Put Hold on the ED’s “Dear Colleague” Letter; NIH Places New DEI Restrictions on Grant Recipients; New Arkansas Law Increases Medicaid Reimbursement Rates and Increases Caps; Indiana HB 1031 Advances to Modernize Dental Practice Regulations; West Virginia Legislature Passes Teledentistry Bill, Awaits Governor’s Signature.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 78, April 23, 2025; Leaked HHS Budget Document Shows Steep Cuts to Some Oral Health-Related Programs; After a Two-month Delay, CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meets; DHS Revokes Student Visas Without Notice or Clear Explanations; Nebraska Makes Licensure Changes, Joins Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; Both Iowa Legislature Chambers Pass Bill To Establish Residency Minimums for Dental and Medical Schools; Fluoride Ban Passes Florida Senate.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 77, April 16, 2025; CDC Will No Longer Recommend Fluoride in Drinking Water; The Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act Reintroduced; Congress Sets Stage for Reconciliation; Maryland General Assembly Wraps Up 2025 Session; Arkansas Sends Bill to Governor Requiring Reimbursement for Some High Complexity Oral Health Care Treatment-related Costs; First-of-its-Kind Faculty Licensure Compilation of State Laws and Regulations Now Available.  

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 76, April 10, 2025; U.S. Naval Academy No Longer Considers Race in Admissions; Senate Passes New Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2025; Canada Announces Final Phase of National Dental Plan Implementation; Georgia General Assembly Sends Faculty Licensure Changes to Governor; Arkansas Governor Signs Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.   

April 2025 - In the feature 5 Questions With..., this month we shine a spotlight on Shirley Lewis, B.D.S., M.Sc.D., CAGS
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry
Texas A&M University College of Dentistry 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 75, April 3, 2025; Trump Nominates New CDC Director; HHS Announces Department Reorganization and Staff Cuts; NIH Director and FDA Commissioner Confirmed by Senate; Arizona Sends Oral Preventive Assistant Bill to Governor; DEI Ban Heads to Desk of Ohio Governor; Utah Bans the Addition of Fluoride to Community Water Systems. 

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 74, March 26, 2025; President Trump Issues Executive Order Dismantling the U.S. Department of Education; Kentucky Senate Passes Medicaid Reform Bill With Work Requirements; Indiana Senate Advances Major Medicaid Reform Bill; Arizona Senate Passes Expansion of Adult Dental Medicaid Benefits; Arkansas Sends Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact to Governor; Compact Also Passes Arizona House.

In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 3, No. 73, March 20, 2025; Senate Committee Passes Nomination Hearing for FDA Commissioner; Senate Committee Passes Nomination of NIH Director; Multiple Dental Bills Pass First Chamber of Maryland General Assembly; Iowa House Passes Bill That Would Establish Residency Minimums for Dental and Medical Schools.

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.