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SENATE BILL 6020
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State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By Senators Thibaudeau, Deccio and Costa
Read first time 02/14/2001. Referred to Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to access to dental care; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that access to preventive and restorative oral health services by low-income children is currently restricted by complex regulatory, financial, cultural, and geographic barriers that have resulted in a large number of children suffering unnecessarily from dental disease. The legislature also finds that very early exposure to oral health care can reverse this disease in many cases, thereby significantly reducing costs of providing dental services to low-income populations.
It is the intent of the legislature to address the problem of poor access to oral health care by providing for school-based sealant programs through the endorsement of dental hygienists.
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