CHILD Act
- Last Action
- 1/25/2019
Actions
- 2019-01-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-01-17Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2019-01-17Introduced in House
- 2019-01-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-17 (00)
Community Health Improvement, Leadership, and Development Act of 2019 or the CHILD Act
This bill establishes several programs to support community health. Specifically, the bill establishes (1) an integrated database of epidemiological and health-claims information to monitor illness rates and associated health care costs; and (2) a grant program to support local community health improvement programs for the purposes of maintaining, disseminating, and reporting on database information.
Cosponsors (6)
- EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
- J. Hill (R-AR)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- John Rutherford (R-FL)
Subjects
- Government trust funds
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Housing and community development funding
- Medicaid
- State and local finance
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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