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Astrid Fiano, DOTmed News Writer | September 21, 2009
"Our Enforcement Bureau investigators are teaming up with local police departments to shut these so-called 'dentists' down. The public's health, safety and welfare are clearly being put at risk when unlicensed individuals attempt to practice dentistry," Attorney General Anne Milgram said in the press release. "The licensing requirements established by the Board of Dentistry ensure that those treating patients have the education and skills to do so," David Szuchman, Consumer Affairs Director, added.
National: Congresswoman Introduces Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act
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Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) introduced the Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act. The legislation would fund programs to retrain displaced workers for careers in health care jobs. The Act would also amend the Workforce Investment Act to provide $25 million in funding for qualifying community partnerships to either create retraining programs or expand those already in existence. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
"Displaced workers in the manufacturing, construction and service sectors need jobs, particularly now, during the most severe economic downturn in decades," Congresswoman Johnson said in a press release on her web site. "While some industries continue to contract, the health services sector remains robust. Funding programs that retrain workers for the health care professions is not only the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do."
The project would create grants to eligible entities in order to pay for the Federal share of the cost to enable the entities to carry out programs, in covered communities, to train covered workers for employment as health care professionals. The grants would each be between $100,000 and $500,000 for a period of five years. Eligible entities would include local workforce investment boards serving the covered communities and institutions of higher education in partnership with facilities including health clinics, hospitals and long-term care facilities.
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