Bill > S08784

This bill expands the settings where registered dental hygienists can perform certain services under a collaborative agreement with a licensed dentist, specifically authorizing them to provide these services at voluntary foster care agency health facilities, which are facilities licensed under Article 29-I of the Public Health Law. A collaborative agreement is a formal arrangement between a dental hygienist and a dentist that outlines the scope of services the hygienist can provide. This change aims to increase access to dental hygiene care for children in foster care by allowing these services to be performed within their health facilities, rather than requiring them to travel elsewhere. The bill also clarifies that registered dental hygienists performing services in settings authorized under subdivision four of section sixty-six hundred six of the education law can do so pursuant to a collaborative arrangement with a licensed dentist.

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8784