Nationwide Health Tracking Act of 2002
Latest action · Mar 21, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 21, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Mar 21, 2002 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Mar 21, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2002 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Mar 21, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-1010 | GREEN SCHOOLS: ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOLS95 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Oct 1, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-820 | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003746 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 7, 2002–Jun 6, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Nationwide Health Tracking Network, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Nationwide Health Tracking Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Alzheimer's disease
- Asthma
- Autism
- Birth defects
- Cancer
- Cerebral palsy
- Child health
- Chronically ill
- Citizen participation
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Communication in medicine
- Community health services
- Community organization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Data banks
- Demography
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmentally induced diseases
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to medical education
- Federal aid to medical research
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Human behavior
- Indian medical care
- Law
- Legislation
- Lung diseases
- Medicaid
- Medical laboratories
- Medical records
- Medical statistics
- Medically uninsured
- Mental retardation
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Multiple sclerosis
- Nervous system diseases
- Nutrition
- Parkinson's disease
- Poor children
- Preventive medicine
- Public health administration
- Public health personnel
- Recruiting of employees
- Respiratory diseases
- Right of privacy
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Urban affairs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2002Introduced in Senate
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