Government Relations 2025 Legislative Summary
The 2025 legislative session was a landmark year as Governor Brian Kemp signed several key bills into law, among them GDA’s long-advocated Teledentistry Bill.
GDA was proud to support these eff orts to improve access to care and strengthen dental education.
HB 567–Tele-Dentistry:T is bill allows Georgia Licensed Dentists practicing in Georgia to use telehealth systems and methodologies to extend their reach. It creates new opportunities to connect patients with
dental homes as well as to allow for consultation, triage, and emergency services. T is bill was signed into law by Governor Kemp on Friday May 9, 2025, and it will become eff ective on January 1, 2026.
HB 68–Medicaid Fee Reimbursement Rate Increases and
Other Funding: T e GDA secured a 2.5% increase for all 140 dental codes covered by Medicaid and Peachcare for Kids (CHIP).
HB 322–Faculty Licenses for Foreign Trained Dentists: T is bill creates
a process for the Dental College of Georgia to hire internationally trained dentists as clinical instructors for the dental college students.
HB 144–Income Tax Credit for Dentist Preceptors: T is bill allows
dentists who serve as community- based faculty preceptors to dental students outside of the Dental College of Georgia clinics to earn a $1,000 tax credit for every 160-hour rotation the dentist completes. T e program is administered by the statewide Area Health Education Centers offi ce at Augusta University.
SB 68 and 69–Tort Reform Package: T e Governor’s tort reform package was designed to help lower the costs of lawsuits by allowing for key procedural reforms such as trial bifurcation, limitations on the use of arguments intended to “anchor” noneconomic damages to arbitrary values, and evidentiary rules to better present the true cost of paying for health care. T ere is also a provision to limit the amount of third-party litigation funding.
GDA members made our voice heard at the ADA Dentist and Student Lobby Day in Washington, DC in March.
LAW Day 2025 was held in January at the State Capitol.
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