AGD Capitol Connections

On December 1, 2025, President Trump signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2483), into law. First enacted in 2018, the SUPPORT Act authorizes funding for community-based substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment, and recovery programs.

On November 12, 2025, the House of Representatives voted 222-209, mostly along party lines, to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through January 30, 2026. The Senate passed the funding bill earlier that week by a vote of 60-40, with eight members of the Democratic Caucus voting in favor to reach the 60-vote threshold required for passage.

On November 21, 2025, AGD, together with 25 other national organizations, sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD urging the agency to fill the vacant Chief Dental Officer (CDO) position and maintain the role as a senior, agency-wide role within the CMS Office of the Administrator.