9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 9, 2007 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.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to eligible entities to provide medical and mental health monitoring, tracking, and treatment to individuals whose health has been directly impacted as a result of the attacks on New York City and at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Includes as eligible individuals firefighters, police officers, paramedics, workers, volunteers, residents, students, and any other individual who worked at Ground Zero, Fresh Kills (recovery site on Staten Island), or the Pentagon or lived or worked in the vicinity of such areas, whose health has deteriorated as a result of the attacks, and who has been evaluated by a physician or mental health professional for 9/11-related health conditions and needs treatment for such conditions. Sets the order of priority for individuals covered under this Act.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2007 to Sep 7, 2007; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 7, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 8, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H10506 | Jerrold Nadler D-NY | Sep 18, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4746 | Jerrold Nadler D-NY | May 9, 2007 |
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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33579 | The Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters: Federal Authority and Funding Archived | Report | Apr 29, 2009 |
| RL33927 | Selected Federal Compensation Programs for Physical Injury or Death Archived | Report | Apr 27, 2009 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 120 | 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jan 4, 2007 |
| S 201 | 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jan 8, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a grant program for individuals still suffering health effects as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Health
- Health insurance
- Health surveys
- Medical screening
- Medically uninsured
- Mental health services
- New York City
- Physical examinations
- September 11, 2001
- Terrorism
- Victims of terrorism
- Virginia
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
