The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds an oversight hearing this Thursday to focus on dental health in Indian Country and contract health services for the Indian Health Service.

The hearing will take place immediately following a business meeting at 2:15pm. The witness list follows:

DR. RONALD L. TANKERSLEY
D.D.5., President, American Dental Association

MS. EVANGELYN "ANGEL" DOTOMAIN
MBA, President/CEO of Alaska Native Health Board

DR. PATRICIA TARREN
BDSMPHIL, Staff Pediatric Dentist, Department of Dentistry at Hennepin County Medical Center

Committee Notices:
BUSINESS MEETING on pending committee issues (December 3, 2009)
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Expanding Dental Health Care in Indian Country, and OVERSIGHT HEARING on Promises Made, Promises Broken: The Impact of Chronic Underfunding of Contract Health Services (December 3, 2009)

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