Strengthening Public Health Protections in Major Disasters and Emergencies Act
Latest action · Dec 6, 2006 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 6, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Public Health Protections in Major Disasters and Emergencies Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, if one or more chemicals or substances associated with potential acute or chronic human health effects are being or have been released in a major disaster area, to carry out a program for the protection, assessment, monitoring, and study of the health and safety of workers or volunteers who responded to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita or who respond to a major disaster or emergency, residents in a disaster area, or persons who are employed in, or who attend school, child care, or adult day care in, a disaster area.
Authorizes the President to carry out such a program through a cooperative agreement with a medical institution or consortium of medical institutions, especially those located near the disaster area and any other area in which there reside groups of individuals that worked or volunteered in response to the disaster. Requires such institution to have appropriate experience in the areas of environmental or occupational health, toxicology, and safety.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enter jointly into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study and report on disaster area health and environmental protection and monitoring.
Amends: (1) the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to extend to September 30, 2010, the authority for the predisaster hazard mitigation program; and (2) the Public Health Service Act to authorize the use of preventive health services block grants for community outreach and education programs and other activities designed to address and prevent health and health care disparities.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2006Introduced in House
- Dec 6, 2006Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1741 | Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jun 15, 2006 |
| HR 3850 | Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act of 2005 | Related bill | Oct 7, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Alabama
- Block grants
- Chemicals
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Disaster relief
- Disasters
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency Management
- Environmental health
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Fire fighters
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Labor and Employment
- Louisiana
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical statistics
- Medical tests
- Mental health
- Mental health services
- Mississippi
- Occupational health and safety
- Paramedical personnel
- Police
- Preventive medicine
- Rescue work
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Students
- Texas
- Toxicology
- Volunteer workers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2006Introduced in House
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