Join the MI Dental Access Coalition
After two years of work with legislators and our state partners, SB 541 was introduced by Sen. Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) in early September 2017. The bill would establish a scope of practice and a licensing structure for dental therapists, including specific language to target this new professional for underserved communities and with populations that currently struggle to receive primary dental care.
Together we established the MI Dental Access Coalition and educated legislators about access challenges in our state for many populations that, because of their characteristics or their public insurance, are real
and have a negative impact on their daily lives.
We opened the conversation about how a new workforce model incorporating dental therapists in the dental team could be part of a long-term solution. Change is hard and not always fast but it
almost always has a dedicated champion--ours has been and will continue to be Sen. Mike Shirkey.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at (517) 482-5807 or azaagman@mcmch.org.
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