Remember 9/11 Health Act
Latest action · Oct 2, 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.
- IntroducedSep 20, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Remember 9/11 Health Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to deem certain emergency service, rescue and recovery, and law enforcement personnel and transit and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, residents of and persons employed or attending school, child care, or adult day care in the declared disaster area, and persons employed at the Fresh Kills recovery site on Staten Island between September 11, 2001, and August 31, 2002 (eligible recipients) to be civil employees under provisions relating to: (1) compensation to federal employees for work injuries; and (2) claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to federal service, except that such an eligible recipient shall not be responsible for the payment of any health care expenses that result from exposure to the adverse conditions after such attack.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or cooperative agreements to specified programs, including one established by the New York City Fire Department, to carry out screening and clinical examinations and long-term health monitoring and analysis for eligible recipients. Limits such monitoring to 20 years and 40,000 individuals. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a similar program for those affected by the September 11, 2001, Pentagon attack.
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct or support diagnostic or treatment research for adverse health conditions considered to be associated with the terrorist attacks.
Requires the Secretary to convene a 9/11 Health Emergency Coordinating Council to examine and formulate recommendations on the adequacy of the: (1) responses by the federal, state, and local governments and the private sector to the attacks; (2) care and compensation for the victims; (3) federal tracking of the monitoring and treatment of individuals suffering health effects from the attacks; and (4) coordination among the Council members to the attacks. Allows the Council, upon request, to issue advisory opinions on the relative obligation of the federal government and any insurance company resulting from the attacks.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2006 to Sep 29, 2006, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Original | Sep 20, 2006 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Sep 27, 2006 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 27, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Sep 29, 2006 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 21, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Sep 20, 2006Introduced in House
- Sep 20, 2006Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 566 | Remember 9/11 Health Act | Related bill | Feb 25, 2005 |
| S 4022 | Remember 9/11 Health Act | Related bill | Sep 29, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Adult day care
- Child care workers
- Child health
- Coinsurance
- Commerce
- Compensation for victims of crime
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Day care
- Directories
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to research
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal office buildings
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fire departments
- Fire fighters
- Government employees' health insurance
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Insurance premiums
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Labor unions
- Landfills
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Local employees
- Mass rapid transit
- Medical economics
- Medical research
- Medical tests
- Mental health services
- New York City
- Occupational health and safety
- Office buildings
- Paramedical personnel
- Physical examinations
- Police
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Rescue work
- Research grants
- Sanitation workers
- Science, Technology, Communications
- September 11, 2001
- Social Welfare
- State employees
- Students
- Teachers
- Terrorism
- Toxicology
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation workers
- Victims of terrorism
- Virginia
- Volunteer workers
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2006Introduced in House
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