COVID Community Care Act
- Last Action
- 3/16/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-16Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-03-16Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-16 (00)
COVID Community Care Act
This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund and the Indian Health Service for implementing programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 in medically underserved communities and among tribal populations, respectively.
The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Cosponsors (5)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Blood and blood diseases
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Community life and organization
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Education programs funding
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Immunology and vaccination
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Marketing and advertising
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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