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HRSA must design the campaign to focus on children, pregnant women, parents, older adults, people with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities."}],"words":53},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration to run a public education campaign to increase oral health literacy and awareness.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text/eh#H1D513F19C2DC46F3A50FC6DDA7684A64"}]},"core_areas":["Oral health literacy and awareness campaign run by the Health Resources and Services Administration"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a public education campaign across all relevant agency programs to increase oral health literacy and awareness.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text/eh#H1D513F19C2DC46F3A50FC6DDA7684A64"}},{"text":"Names the health center program, oral health workforce programs, maternal and child health programs, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, and rural health programs among the programs the campaign covers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text/eh#H1D513F19C2DC46F3A50FC6DDA7684A64"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to identify evidence-based strategies focused on oral health care education, including prevention of early childhood and other caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text/eh#H1D513F19C2DC46F3A50FC6DDA7684A64"}},{"text":"Requires the campaign to communicate directly, in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner, with children, pregnant women, parents, the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and ethnic and racial minority populations, including Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text/eh#H1D513F19C2DC46F3A50FC6DDA7684A64"}},{"text":"Requires a process for measuring outcomes and effectiveness, and a report on them to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions within 3 years of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text/eh#H1D513F19C2DC46F3A50FC6DDA7684A64"}},{"text":"Authorizes $750,000 to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out the campaign.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text/eh#H1D513F19C2DC46F3A50FC6DDA7684A64"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4555/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-4555.png","v":"f11974ef86b9","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4555, 117th Congress: Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2021. House: 369 Yea, 58 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Dec 2021."}}