Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1891: An Act to Address the Dental Professional Workforce Shortage by Establishing Scholarship and Loan Programs and Updating the Dental Care Access Tax Credit
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Address the Dental Professional Workforce Shortage by Establishing Scholarship and Loan Programs and Updating the Dental Care Access Tax Credit Received by the Clerk of the House on May 1, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative DAIGLE of Fort Kent. Cosponsored by Senator STEWART of Aroostook and Representatives: DEBRITO of Waterville, GRAHAM of North Yarmouth, GRIFFIN of Levant, LEMELIN of Chelsea, Senator: MOORE of Washington…
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Address the Dental Professional Workforce Shortage by Establishing Scholarship and Loan Programs and Updating the Dental Care Access Tax Credit Received by the Clerk of the House on May 1, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative DAIGLE of Fort Kent. Cosponsored by Senator STEWART of Aroostook and Representatives: DEBRITO of Waterville, GRAHAM of North Yarmouth, GRIFFIN of Levant, LEMELIN of Chelsea, Senator: MOORE of Washington. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §12301, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 2-A. Extreme shortage area. "Extreme shortage area" means the county of Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo or Washington. Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §12307 is enacted to read: §12307. Dentists for Maine's Future Scholarship Program There is established the Dentists for Maine's Future Scholarship Program, referred to in this section as "the scholarship program," to provide a tuition subsidy of 50% of the cost of attendance, up to a maximum of $25,000 per student annually, for eligible students who enter dental school programs in this State for the purpose of increasing the number of dentists …