Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act
- Last Action
- 3/10/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-10Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-03-10Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-10 (00)
Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act
This bill provides annual funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen core public health infrastructure. Core public health infrastructure includes the elements and workforce capabilities that enable health departments to perform critical functions such as disease surveillance and emergency response.
Specifically, the CDC must award grants to health departments for their core infrastructure needs. In addition, the CDC must support the development of accreditation standards for health departments that emphasize core public health infrastructure. Health departments must meet those (or similar) standards as a condition of receiving grants beginning in FY2025.
The CDC must also take steps to expand and improve its own public health infrastructure.
Cosponsors (20)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government information and archives
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Minority health
- Performance measurement
- Scientific communication
- State and local government operations
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