Iowa News

Governor Kim Reynolds recently appointed Kelly Kennedy Garcia, a top health official from Texas, to lead Iowa's human services department.

The Iowa Dental Board's new prescribing rules, implementing HF 2377, otherwise known as the "Opioid Bill," went into effect Wednesday, May 29, 2019.

Following the recent legislative session, Governor Reynolds signed HF 731 into law. The law changes the requirements for mandatory reporter training.

The ADA News reported that "Dentists should have policies in place that allow for the treatment of all patients, including those who are unvaccinated, amid the growing measles outbreak in the U.S., according to the American Dental Association Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs."

On Friday, March 20, IDA Member Dr. Sara Stuefen participated in an ADA Facebook Live event answering questions on dental benefit issues.

In June of 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted a new regulation to reduce the amount of mercury discharged from dental offices into city sanitary sewers. Mercury along with other metals can be found in dental amalgam used in fillings. This regulation requires offices who either place or remove amalgam to capture and safely dispose of the waste amalgam.

The Iowa Dental Board's new prescribing rules, implementing HF 2377, otherwise known as the "Opioid Bill," went into effect Wednesday, May 29, 2019.

On Friday, February 8, 2019, Governor Kim Reynolds singed a Proclamation declaring February 2019 as Children's Dental Health Month.

$1000 Medicaid benefit cap delayed until September 1, 2018.