Remember 9/11 Health Act
Latest action · Sep 29, 2006 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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 individuals employed or attending school, child care, or adult day care in the declared disaster area (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.
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.
Allows the Secretary to establish similar compensation and health programs for those affected by the September 11, 2001, Pentagon attack.
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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Sep 29, 2006 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Sep 29, 2006 |
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 Sep 29, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Sep 29, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 |
| HR 6124 | Remember 9/11 Health Act | Related bill | Oct 2, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide protections and services to certain individuals after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, in New York City, in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Remember 9/11 Health Act
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
- 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
- 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 29, 2006Introduced in Senate
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