Hispanic Health Improvement Act of 2002
Latest action · Oct 8, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 24, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to permit States and localities to provide certain health care benefits to aliens that current law prohibits States and localities from granting.
Latina Adolescent Suicide Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for the prevention of Latina adolescent suicides.
Border Health Security Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary, acting through the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission and in consultation with the State border health offices, to award border health services grants.
Community Health Workers Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary, acting in collaboration with the Director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and other Federal officials, to award grants to promote positive health behaviors in women.
Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants for cancer and chronic disease care and prevention. Permits the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make similar grants.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of the Office of Minority Health. Directs the heads of certain agencies within the public health service to establish individual offices of minority health. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 24, 2002 to Oct 7, 2002; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Sep 25, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Sep 25, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Oct 1, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Oct 1, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Oct 7, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2002 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 8, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 24, 2002Introduced in House
- Sep 24, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2990 | Hispanic Health Improvement Act of 2002 | Identical bill | Sep 23, 2002 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for programs and activities to improve the health of Hispanic individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hispanic Health Improvement Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Community Health Workers Act of 2002
- Latina Adolescent Suicide Prevention Act
- Border Health Security Act of 2002
- Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- AIDS (Disease)
- Alcoholism
- Aliens
- Bilingualism
- Cancer
- Child health
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Community health services
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Dental care
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Diabetes
- Drug abuse
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to maternal health services
- Federal aid to medical education
- Federal aid to substance abuse programs
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Health promotion
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- HIV-positive persons
- Immigrant health
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Maternal health services
- Medicaid
- Medical screening
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Mexico
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Poor children
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant women
- Preventive medicine
- Public health
- Public health administration
- Public health personnel
- Public health research
- School health programs
- Social Welfare
- Suicide
- Women
- Women's health
- Youth services
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
