HR 4061 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Nationwide Health Tracking Act of 2002

Introduced Mar 20, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Nancy Pelosi D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 26, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 20, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Nationwide Health Tracking Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to: (1) develop Nationwide and State Health Tracking Networks to monitor, investigate, and prevent increases in the incidence of certain chronic diseases and relevant environmental risk factors; and (2) establish within the Epidemic Intelligence Service a National Environmental Health Rapid Response Service.

Direct the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to jointly establish the Commission on Nationwide Health Tracking.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director, to support State Health Tracking Networks through: (1) pilot programs; (2) awarding grants; and (3) providing technical assistance. Makes States, political subdivisions of States, territories, and Indian tribes eligible for participation, subject to an approved application.

Requires such Networks to: (1) conduct surveillance activities; (2) collect and analyze data; (3) establish an early warning system and response capacity; (4) recruit and train public health employees; and (5) expand and integrate existing systems and activities to the extent practicable.

Requires the Nationwide Health Tracking Network to coordinate State Networks and existing Federal public health and environmental surveillance systems and activities.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide for research and demonstration centers concerning chronic conditions and relevant environmental factors.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) expand the scope of biomonitoring data collection; (2) publish a Nationwide Network report; and (3) award John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships for advanced training in chronic conditions and environmental epidemiology and health sciences.

Cosponsors 60

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2002 to Sep 26, 2002, with 36 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 20, 2002
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 26, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 20, 2002Introduced in House
  3. Mar 20, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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