Florida Senate - 2026                        CS for CS for SB 96
       
       
        
       By the Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services;
       the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security; and Senators Sharief, Rouson, and Jones
       
       
       
       603-02505-26                                            202696c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Veterans Dental Care Grant
    3         Program; amending s. 295.157, F.S.; revising the
    4         purpose of the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 295.157, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         295.157 Veterans Dental Care Grant Program.—
   12         (3) The Veterans Dental Care Grant Program is established
   13  within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The purpose of the
   14  program is to provide oral health care to veterans who reside in
   15  this state and who have incomes of up to 400 percent of the
   16  federal poverty level.
   17         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.