Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act [S.4322]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to help Americans safely get back to school and back to work, and for other purposes.
S.4322: Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/27/2020
Preparing for the Next Pandemic Act [S.4231]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[National Security ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to strengthen and sustain on-shore manufacturing capacity and State stockpiles, and to improve the Strategic National Stockpile.
S.4231: Preparing for the Next Pandemic Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S4267-4270) on 07/20/2020
COVID–19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020 [S.4248]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to health care providers, public health departments, tribal organizations, schools for social workers and health professionals, and other nonprofit entities for bias and anti-racism training to reduce disparities in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts. In administering these grants, HHS must give priority to, among others, recipients in communities with racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and death rates. In addition,
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S.4248: COVID–19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/21/2020
COVID–19 Health Disparities Action Act of 2020 [S.4262]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Data Privacy ]
Directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants, and the Office of Minority Health (OMH) to develop a plan, to address health disparities related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the CDC, in coordination with certain departments and agencies, must award grants for contact tracing to, among others, public health departments and health care providers. In awarding these grants, the CDC shall prioritize entities with a demonstrated commitment to employing individuals who represent the demographic
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S.4262: COVID–19 Health Disparities Action Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/22/2020
How Awareness and Prevention Protect You Act [HB-7732]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of the virus that causes COVID-19.
HB-7732: How Awareness and Prevention Protect You Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 07/22/2020
Stop Coronavirus Scams Act of 2020 [HB-7660]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Doubles the applicable forfeiture penalty, criminal fine, and term of imprisonment for anyone who provides misleading or inaccurate caller identification information in an attempt to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value by using false information related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
HB-7660: Stop Coronavirus Scams Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Craig
Introduced In House on 07/16/2020
COVID–19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020 [HB-7618]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to health care providers, public health departments, tribal organizations, schools for social workers and health professionals, and other nonprofit entities for bias and anti-racism training to reduce disparities in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts. In administering these grants, HHS must give priority to, among others, recipients in communities with racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and death rates. In addition,
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HB-7618: COVID–19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 07/16/2020
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 [HB-7614]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Libraries ]
[Social Security ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pensions ]
[Public Health ]
Provides FY2021 appropriations to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Wage and Hour Division, the Office of Labor-Management Standards, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Mine Safety
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HB-7614: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa DeLauro
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 116-450, By Ms. Delauro. on 07/15/2020
HB-7574: Strengthening America's Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Brooks
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/22/2020
State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021 [HB-7608]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Food ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Military ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Provides FY2021 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2021 appropriations bills: the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021; and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021. The departments and
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HB-7608: State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. on 07/30/2020
You have voted HB-7608: State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
Gabby’s Law Act [HB-7514]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to adopt sepsis protocols that meet specified standards. Among other requirements, such protocols must include identification and treatment of sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock in individuals of all ages in emergency departments and as part of inpatient services.
HB-7514: Gabby’s Law Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Davis
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020
Infectious Disease Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Act [HB-7531]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase Federal efforts to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies with respect to the spread of infectious diseases, and for other purposes.
HB-7531: Infectious Disease Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020
Minority Community Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2020 [HB-7546]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that minority and medically underserved communities have meaningful and immediate access to public health interventions and medically necessary health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
HB-7546: Minority Community Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. John Lewis
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020
Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act [S.4198]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requires health insurance plans to cover through 2021 without cost sharing COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) serology testing, which looks for the presence of antibodies made in response to an infection. This coverage requirement also applies to federal health care programs including Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, veterans and military personnel health benefits, and federal employee health benefits. Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse, through the Public Health
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S.4198: Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/02/2020
Child Welfare Emergency Assistance Act of 2020 [S.4172]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Extends and modifies various child welfare programs. Specifically, it provides additional funding to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for services related to foster care, such as kinship caregiving outside the foster care system, case management, caseworker training, and adoption support. Further, through FY2022, the bill (1) modifies the six-month residency requirement for a child to be eligible for kinship guardianship assistance payments, (2) waives limits on foster care services based on an individual's age, and (3) increases
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S.4172: Child Welfare Emergency Assistance Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/02/2020
Federal Emergency Pandemic Response Act [S.4204]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
Addresses the issue of national pandemic preparedness and response. It directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or another federal agency, as determined by the OMB, to convene an Interagency Task Force to analyze U.S. preparedness for national pandemics. The task force shall, among other things (1) determine the mission of the Strategic National Stockpile and clearly define it, and (2) assess the current and future inventory needs of the stockpile. The task force must report at specified intervals, including (1) identifying communities
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S.4204: Federal Emergency Pandemic Response Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Johnson
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 116-279. on 10/19/2020
Preventing China from Exploiting COVID–19 Act [HB-7484]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Public Health ]
Directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress on efforts by China's government to exploit the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic to advance its national security and foreign policy interests. The report shall contain elements including (1) an assessment of Chinese government efforts to retaliate against countries seeking an inquiry into China's role in the spread of COVID-19, (2) a description of Chinese economic aid or medical assistance to countries affected by COVID-19 and how such activities
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HB-7484: Preventing China from Exploiting COVID–19 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Luis Correa
Introduced In House on 07/02/2020
Improving Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Diplomacy Act [S.4118]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[National Security ]
Requires the President to appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, who shall supervise diplomatic efforts to prepare for, detect, respond to, and recover from pandemics and other global outbreaks of infectious disease. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to remit all U.S.-assessed contributions to the World Health Organization. The envoy must develop and implement a diplomatic strategy that addresses, among other things (1) the development of medical countermeasures for emerging infectious diseases;
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S.4118: Improving Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Diplomacy Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Kamala Harris
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/30/2020