DEC. 2020
Volume 1, No. 92, December 22, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; FDA Approves Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Massachusetts Governor Uses Line-Item Veto Power to Strike Expanded Medicaid Adult Dental Benefits; Ohio Governor Signs Bill Increasing Regulation of Mobile Dental Facilities; CDC Releases New Guidance on Quarantine Time; FY 2021 Appropriations and COVID-19 Relief Legislation Near Passage; New York Governor Signs Bill Requiring Parity for Standards of Care in Teledentistry
Volume 1, No. 91, December 15, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; FDA Approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use, 2.9 Million Doses Shipped to States; Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Appeal on Medicaid Work Requirements; Vaccination Plans Vary Among States; Trump Administration Extends Student Loan Relief for One Additional Month; Biden-Harris Inauguration Information
Volume 1, No. 90, December 8, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; Health Care Personnel Will Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine First; Biden Transition Update; Judge Rules Against Federal Government’s New Prevailing Wage Rule; Montana Proposes Extension of Manikin-based Exams; Licensure Reciprocity for Members of the Military, Veterans and Their Dependents Gains Steam in Michigan
Volume 1, No. 89, December 2, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; AMA Supports a Public Option Health Insurance Plan; AMA Supports a Public Option Health Insurance Plan; Department of Education Changes Interpretation of Foreign Gift Reporting; Likely Changes to State Health Care Under Biden; Kentucky Avoids Higher Education Budget Cuts, Institutions to Receive Additional $20 Million in CARES Funds; AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Has 90% Efficacy; HHS Responds to ADEA on the Provider Relief Fund
NOV. 2020
Volume 1, No. 88, November 24, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ADEA’s Summary of State and Federal Loan Forgiveness Programs Updated; Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Prove 95% Effective; President-elect Biden Transition; House Holds Leadership Elections for 117th Congress; California Budget Analysts Predict Surprising Budget Surplus
Volume 1, No. 87, November 19, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; Department of Education Announces Updates to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; Biden Announces Coronavirus Taskforce; Colorado Governor’s Budget Proposal Would Restore Cuts to Higher Education; FY 2021 Appropriations; Georgia Receives Approval for Partial Medicaid Expansion and Permission to Leave ACA Exchange Markets; ADEA LIAA Award to Honor Jack Bresch
Volume 1, No. 86, November 17, 2020
In This Issue |
Special Election Coverage; The Presidential Election Results; Republicans Pick Up New Hampshire Legislature, But Little Change in State Legislative Control; No Surprises in Gubernatorial Races, and Republicans Pick Up Montana; Proposed Iowa Rule Would Allow Manikin-based Exams for Dental Licensure, Require Patient-based Exams for Dental Hygienists; ADEA Advocacy in Action
Volume 1, No. 85, November 12, 2020
In This Issue |
Special Election Coverage; The Presidential Election Results; The 2020 Senate Election Results; The 2020 House Election Results; ADEA Advocacy in Action
Volume 1, No. 84, November 3, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; Federal Government Will Cover Costs of Administering COVID-19 Injections; California Extends Time for Oral Health Professionals to Complete Initial Licensure Exam and CE Requirements; Labor Department Amends Prevailing Wage Rule for H1-B Visas; Indiana Granted 10-year Extension of Alternative Medicaid Expansion Program
OCT. 2020
Volume 1, No. 83, October 29, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; CDC Issues Two New Sets of Guidance; Oklahoma Issues RFPs for Medicaid Managed Care; CMS Approves Oklahoma’s Tiered Medicaid Expansion; DHS Proposes New Rule on Student Visa Duration; Red Cross Seeking Blood Donations
Volume 1, No. 82, October 20, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; Several November State Ballot Measures Could Impact Health and Education; White House Rejects Proposed CDC Guidance on Mask Mandate on Mass Transportation; California Governor Vetoes Bill Meant to Create Due Process for Fired or Disciplined Dental and Medical Residents; Kaiser Family Foundation Finds Half of African Americans Would Refuse COVID-19 Vaccine; Red Cross Seeking Blood Donations
Volume 1, No. 81, October 14, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; CDC Releases Guidance on Airborne Coronavirus Transmission; FDA Issues Tougher EUA Standards for COVID-19 Vaccines; Redistricting Looms Over 2020 State Elections; Delaware Begins Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage; Red Cross Seeking Blood Donors
Volume 1, No. 80, October 6, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ADEA Urges ED to Stop Investigation of Princeton; NAM Releases Finalize Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine; Expanded Medicaid Begins in Nebraska; Continuing Resolution for FY 2021 Enacted; Committee in Kentucky Discusses Legislation to Allow Local Jurisdictions to Decide on Community Water Fluoridation; Red Cross Seeking Blood Donors
SEPT. 2020
Volume 1, No. 79, September 29, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ADEA Responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping; White House Executive Order on Health Care; CDC’s Guidance on Aerosolized Particles Hastily Withdrawn From Website; Nevada Joins Title IX Lawsuit; D.C. to Accept Nonpatient-based Clinical Exams for Initial Licensure; American Red Cross is Seeking Blood Donors
Volume 1, No. 78, September 22, 2020
In This Issue |
Trump Administration Issues New Drug Pricing Executive Order; California Legislature Passes Bill to Create Due Process for Fired or Disciplined Dental and Medical Interns; Montana Releases Report on Impacts of Medicaid Expansion; CMS Withdraws Proposed MFAR Rule
Volume 1, No. 77, September 15, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ICE Reinstates March Guidance Prohibiting Certain New Students Entry; California Passes Protections for Student Loan Borrowers; Maine Medicaid Program Announces $1 Million in Temporary Provider Incentive Payments for Child Treatment; ED Announces Final Rule on Religious Liberty
Volume 1, No. 76, September 8, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ADEA Comments on Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution; Georgia Proposes an End to the State’s ACA Exchange Market; CDC Changes COVID-19 Testing Guidance; California Passes “Ban the Box” Law for College Applications
AUG. 2020
Volume 1, No. 75, August 19, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ADEA and ADA Respond to WHO Guidance to Delay Non-essential Dental Care During COVID-19 Pandemic; Trump Extends Student Loan Payment Deferments Until December; Court Denies States’ Efforts to Delay Implementation of New Title IX Regulations; Connecticut General Assembly Passes Temporary Telehealth Parity Bill; Nebraska Legislature Votes to Increase Autonomy of Dental Hygienists Performing Public Health-related Services
Volume 1, No. 74, August 11, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; White House Coronavirus Taskforce to Study Virus Aerosolization; President Trump Issues Executive Order on Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access, Congress Also Drafting Legislation; Missouri Votes on Medicaid Expansion; Utah Closing Clinics Due to Pandemic-related Budget Cuts
Volume 1, No. 73, August 5, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; HHS Extends Provider Relief Fund Deadline for Medicaid, CHIP and Dental Providers; HHS Extends Public Health Emergency Declaration;Trump Administration Issues Interim DACA Policy; New Hampshire Governor Vetoes Adult Dental Medicaid Benefits Over Financial Concerns; Online Tool Shows How States Are Spending Coronavirus Relief Funds; Alabama to Test All Returning College Students for Coronavirus
JULY 2020
Volume 1, No. 72, July 29, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; CDC Changes COVID-19 Isolation Guidance; Trump Administration Changes CDC COVID-19 Data Reporting Process; Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling on Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas; Dental Therapy Legislation Moving Through Massachusetts General Court; New York May Require Parity for Standards of Care for Dental Telehealth
Volume 1, No. 71, July 21, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ADEA Offers State Advocacy Webinar; Trump Administration Rescinds Guidance Banning International Students from Taking Classes in the U.S.; New Hampshire May Establish Dental Coverage for Adults on Medicaid, While Other States Make Coverage Cuts; Michigan Governor Orders Implicit Bias Training for Health Care Professionals; State Attorneys General Oppose DeVos’ Borrowers Defense Rule
Volume 1, No. 70, July 14, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ADEA Opposes New Trump Administration Guidance on Online Classes for International Students; Trump Administration No Longer Supports Pre-Existing Condition Coverage; Florida Bills End Suspension of Licenses for Student Loan Default, Allow Dental Lab Techs Onsite, Change Licensure and More; California Bill Amended to Provide Liability Protection to Institutions of Higher Education; Tennessee to Increase Number of Dental Hygienists a Dentist May Supervise at Volunteer Mobile Clinics
Volume 1, No. 69, July 7, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; CDC Releases Updated Re-Opening Dental Settings Guidance; Oklahoma Passes Medicaid Expansion Referendum; U.S. House Passes Enhancements to the Affordable Care Act; North Carolina Debates Number of Dental Hygienists a Dentists Should be Allowed to Oversee; Iowa Governor Signs Licensure Portability Bill
Volume 1, No. 68, July 1, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; Courts Block Education Department’s DACA Aid Interim Final Rule; Georgia May Allow Out-of-state Dentists and Dental Hygienists to Provide Voluntary Care; Trump Administration Issues New Immigration Executive Order; California Budget Deal Preserves Adult Dental Benefits and CalHealthCares, but Cuts $602 Million from University Systems; Michigan Bill Would Allow Out-of-state Clinical Hours to Count for Licensure
JUNE 2020
Volume 1, No. 67, June 23, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; HHS Allocates Funds to Medicaid and CHIP Providers; U.S. Supreme Court Extends Title VII Protections to the LGBTQ Community; U.S. Supreme Court Rules DACA Program Cannot Immediately End; Bill to Cut Adult Dental Medicaid Benefits Passes Colorado General Assembly;Louisiana Governor Signs Several Dental and Higher Education Bills
Volume 1, No. 66, June 16, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; States Sue Department of Education Over New Title IX Regulations; California Bill Would Require Due Process for Fired or Disciplined Dental and Medical Interns; ED Releases Interim Final Rule Regarding DACA Students Emergency Aid Grant Eligibility; CMS Supports Continued Use of Telehealth Post-pandemic
Volume 1, No. 65, June 10, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; Senate Holds Hearing on University Re-openings, ADEA Letter Cited in Hearing; Medicaid Adult Dental Benefits May Be on the Chopping Block as States Look to Shore Up Budgets; Confusion Remains Over DACA Eligibility for COVID-19 Emergency Student Aid; Iowa Expands Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Volume 1, No. 64, June 2, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; ADEA and Others Ask Congress for College and University Liability Protection; Medicaid Expansion Update; ADEA Files Amicus Brief in Race-based Admission Case; CDC Releases Re-opening Dental Settings Guidance; Louisiana House Passes Pair of Dental Insurance Bills
MAY 2020
Volume 1, No. 63, May 27, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Advocacy in Action; Lost Clinic Revenue—Provider Relief Fund; Other COVID Issues; Dental School COVID Related Capital Needs; 2019 Graduate Licensure; CDC Releases Additional Re-opening Guidelines; Four More States Temporarily Revise Initial Licensure Requirements; Washington State Sues U.S. Department of Education Over DACA COVID-19 Student Aid; COVID-19’s Impact on State Budgets May Lead to Cuts in Higher Education Spending; ADEA Offers Webinars on New Title IX Regulations’ Impact on Higher Education
Volume 1, No. 62, May 20, 2020
In This Issue |
CDC Issues Re-Opening Guidance; Missouri Passes Licensure Reciprocity Bill; Maryland Allows Dental Hygienists to Prescribe and Administer Medications in Limited Circumstances; ACLU Sues DeVos Over New Title IX Regulation; Louisiana May Require Some Higher Education Institutions to Create New Policies in Response to COVID-19
Volume 1, No. 61, May 12, 2020
In This Issue |
Department of Education Issues Additional Reporting Requirements for CARES Act Student Aid; Three More States Temporarily Modify Dental Clinical Examination Requirements for Initial Licensure; Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Issues New Title IX Regulations; Internal Revenue Service Says Emergency Student Aid Is Not Income; Some States Resume Routine Dental Procedures; Provider Relief Fund Gets Additional $75 Billion
Volume 1, No. 60, May 5, 2020
In This Issue |
Connecticut Temporarily Adds Dentists to Definition of Telehealth Provider; More States Temporarily Revise Initial Licensure Requirements; DeVos Releases Additional CARES Act Funding for Minority Servicing Institutions; Education Department Determines DACA Students Ineligible for CARES Act Student Aid
APRIL 2020
Volume 1, No. 59, April 28, 2020
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Education Department Releases $6.2 Billion in Institutional Grants; More States Modify Testing Requirements for Initial Dental Licensure; Minnesota Bill Would Provide Grants to Dental Clinics; President Trump Issues Executive Order Aimed at Immigration
Volume 1, No. 58, April 22, 2020
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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Via Telephone; More States Seek to Ease Restrictions on Initial Licensure During State of Emergency; Virginia to Establish State-run Health Care Exchange; DeVos Releases $3 Billion to Governors for Education
Volume 1, No. 57, April 14, 2020
In This Issue |
DeVos Releases $6.28 Billion in Emergency Student Aid; U.S. Department of Education Releases Proposed Regulation for Distance Learning; ADEA Asks NGA to Encourage Governors to Modify State Licensure Laws for Recent Graduates; New York Negotiates Debt Relief for Private Borrowers; Washington Bills Expand Access to Dental Care
Volume 1, No. 56, April 7, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Urges DeVos to Quickly Distribute COVID-19 Funding; Coronavirus and Initial Licensure; OMB Approves Proposed Title IX Regulatory Changes; Update on Teledentistry
MARCH 2020
Volume 1, No. 55, March 31, 2020
In This Issue |
States Provide COVID-19 Responses in Higher Education; Congress Passes Third COVID-19 Related Bill; Trump Administration Stops Collection Activity on Defaulted Federal Student Loans; Several States Vote to Expand Dental Benefits for Adults on Medicaid; Telehealth Visits Surge With CMS’ Expansion of Coverage
Volume 1, No. 54, March 24, 2020
In This Issue |
States Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak; Trump Administration to Waive Student Loan Interest Amid COVID-19 Crisis; Democrats Introduce Bill to Support K-12 and Higher Education Students Amid COVID-19 Pandemic; Kentucky Board of Dentistry Proposes Requirements for Teledentistry; Florida Bill Makes Changes Impacting Dental Practices, Ends Suspension of Licenses for Health Care Practitioners Who Default on Student Loans;
Volume 1, No. 53, March 17, 2020
In This Issue |
Congress and Administration Prepare Second COVID-19 Bill; U.S. Senate Overturns Education Department’s Borrower Defense Rule Changes; Licensure Portability Trending in Several States; Oklahoma Becomes First State to Apply for Healthy Adult Opportunity Block Grant; CMS Covers Covid-19 Telehealth Visits
Volume 1, No. 52, March 10, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA Cancels the 2020 Annual Session & Exhibition; Congress and Administration Provide Resources in Response to COVID-19; Federal Judge Strikes Down Michigan Medicaid Work Requirements; Teledentistry Bill Passes Virginia General Assembly; West Virginia Senate Passes Bill to Add Dental Benefits for Adults on Medicaid;
Supreme Court to Once Again Decide the Fate of the Affordable Care Act; Department of Education Issues Guidance on Educational Interruptions Caused by Coronavirus; National Academies of Sciences Reviews Fluoride Monograph
Volume 1, No. 51, March 3, 2020
In This Issue |
New Jersey Weighs New Cigarette Tax; Update: Trump Administration Requests $2.5 billion for Coronavirus Response; Bill Prohibiting Pediatric Care Waiting Periods Passes Senate in Maine; U.S. House of Representatives Codifies and Expands FDA Limited Ban on Tobacco Products; Late Breaking from the Supreme Court
FEB. 2020
Volume 1, No. 50, February 25, 2020
In This Issue |
Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Prohibiting Arkansas’ Medicaid Work Requirements; House Committee Democrats Object to Proposed Title IX Regulations; Democrats and Republicans Want a Fix to Surprise Billing; Children’s Oral Health Bills Moving Through Washington Legislature
Volume 1, No. 49, February 19, 2020
In This Issue |
Extending the Deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment Moves to the Senate; ADEA Launches Update to State Advocacy Toolkit; New York Senate Passes Cultural Competence Requirement; U.S. Department of Education Delays Review of New Disclosure Standards; President’s FY 2021 Budget Makes Cuts to Several Priority Dental Education Programs
Volume 1, No. 48, February 11, 2020
In This Issue |
Tenn. Governor Calls for Dental Benefits for Pregnant and Post-partum Women Under Medicaid; President Submits His FY 2021 Budget; Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear ACA Appeal Next Term; New York May Add Dental Anesthesiology to Accredited Residency Programs; Update to ADEA State Opioid Chart Now Available; CMS Proposes Changes to Exchange Subsidy Determination Rules
Volume 1, No. 47, February 4, 2020
In This Issue |
CMS Unveils Medicaid Block Grant Proposal; U.S. Health Officials Take Steps to Contain Coronavirus; Regulatory Proposal in Virginia Could Change Education Programs For Some Dental Assistants; Attention, dental and craniofacial researchers, oral health advocates, dental educators, students, residents and fellows
JAN. 2020
Volume 1, No. 46, January 28, 2020
In This Issue |
Supreme Court Rejects Request for Expedited Review of Obamacare; Rural Dentistry Scholarship Bill Passes Wisconsin Assembly; Teledentistry Bill Passes Virginia House Committees; American College of Physicians Endorses a Single Payer Model for the U.S.; Licensure Portability Bill Moving Through Missouri House
Volume 1, No. 45, January 24, 2020
In This Issue |
U.S. House of Representatives Approves VA Dental Care Pilot Program; Indiana Bill Would Expand Permitted Practices for Allied Professionals; North Carolina Rule Change Allows Public Health Dental Hygienists to Perform More Procedures; Virginia Bill Would Expand People Permitted to Apply a Fluoride Varnish; ACA Remains Stable Despite Removal of Individual Mandate Penalty
Volume 1, No. 44, January 14, 2020
In This Issue |
ADEA’s Summary of State and Federal Loan Forgiveness Programs Updated; 2020 State Legislative Sessions Set to Begin; Several States Pursue Medicaid Expansion and Work Requirements; FDA Bans Some—But Not All—Flavored-nicotine Vaping Products; Poll Finds Most Voters View Health Care As Top Issue For 2020 Presidential Election; Democrats Plan Effort to Overturn DeVos’ Borrowers’ Defense Rule