THE BILL ITSELF

CS/HB 253

Veterans Dental Care Grant Program

underlined language is being added; struck language is being deleted. Line numbers are the Legislature's own — the same ones amendments cite.

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.

7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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.