National Hepatitis B Act
Latest action · Jan 3, 2006 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.
- IntroducedDec 15, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Hepatitis B Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for hepatitis B prevention, control, and medical management.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) support the integration of testing, counseling, immunization, and medical referral activities into existing clinical and public health programs at state, local, and tribal levels; and (2) provide hepatitis B coordinators to health departments in order to ensure the success of such integration.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to implement programs to increase awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of hepatitis B.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to: (1) support the establishment of a national hepatitis B surveillance program; and (2) report on population-based seroprevalence studies and hepatitis B's economic and clinical impact and its impact on quality of life.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Directors of CDC, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct research on hepatitis B.
Requires the Secretary to give priority in carrying out this Act to individuals with limited access to health education, testing, and health care services and groups that may be disproportionately affected by hepatitis B.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 15, 2005 to Sep 13, 2006, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Dec 15, 2005 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Don Sherwood | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Apr 25, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 15, 2005Referred 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 3558 | National Hepatitis B Act | Related bill | Jun 22, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- AIDS (Disease)
- Alcoholism
- Asian American ethnic groups
- Cancer
- Child health
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Curricula
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse treatment
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Health planning
- Health surveys
- Hepatitis
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Indian medical care
- Infants
- Liver diseases
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Pregnant women
- Preventive medicine
- Prisoners
- Right of privacy
- School health programs
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Vaccination
- Vaccines
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in House
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