HISTORICAL
TIMELINE 1868-2018
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2012
Gov . Tom Corbett signs into law legislation that requires general anesthesia coverage for children and patients with developmental disabilities . This result stemmed from more than 10 years of PDA ’ s advocacy efforts .
JUL 5 OCT 16
2012
PDA gets another big legislative victory with the passage of non-covered services legislation , prohibiting insurance companies from capping dental services that they do not cover under their plans .
2014
PDA House of Delegates approves major changes to the association ’ s governance structure and votes to dissolve itself .
JUN 2
2013
First MOM-n-PA two-day dental mission is held at Temple University ’ s Liacouras Center in Philadelphia , serving more than 1,800 patients and providing $ 850,000 in donated dental care .
APR 26
Gov . Tom Corbett signs PDA ’ s volunteer dentistry bill ( HB 1056 ) into law , a significant legislative victory for PDA .
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MAY 31
2015
In the first year of a new annual meeting format , post-House of Delegates , Pennsylvania ’ s Dental Meeting & Expo is held … the following year shortened to Pennsylvania ’ s Dental Meeting ( PDM ).
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2016
PDA leads a coalition of health care provider groups to pass retroactive insurance claims review legislation that limits the timeframe in which insurers may retroactively review and deny claims to 24 months . Gov . Tom Wolf signed the legislation into law Nov . 4 , 2016 .
OCT
Dr . Charles Weber , PDA President 2004-2005
The reason I became part of the PDA is because I ’ m a ‘ joiner .’ I was a member of the student dental association when I was a student at the University of Pennsylvania . I realized then that there were a lot of things that dentistry could do , but we could only do it with an organization like the PDA . I also did not like one part of dentistry , and that was the part where you sat in the office by yourself and never had a chance to see another dentist . Physicians always had the chance to meet at the hospital , have lunch together and chat about their various problems . As a dentist , we did not have that availability . Therefore when we had the opportunity to join the PDA and network with our peers , it was a great opportunity to network and develop lifelong friendships .