Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007
Latest action · Sep 20, 2007 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 20, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with the involvement of other federal agencies, state and local health departments, and an advisory committee, to establish and operate a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, expand, and coordinate among existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) provide for public access to an electronic national database that accepts data from the State Environmental Public Health Network (established by this Act), subject to privacy requirements; (3) prepare and periodically publish a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Status Report and a Coordinated Network Health and Environment Report; (4) operate and maintain National Environmental Health Rapid Response Services; (5) provide technical assistance; and (6) develop minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting.
Authorizes: (1) states to apply for grants to implement pilot projects to develop State Environmental Public Health Network enhancements and programs; and (2) the Secretary to award grants to at least five accredited schools or programs of public health for Centers of Excellence.
Directs the Secretary: (1) to award John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students enrolled in accredited schools of public health or medicine; and (2) through the CDC Director, to enter into cooperative agreements to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in state and local health departments and to expand CDC biomonitoring data collection.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 20, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Sep 20, 2007 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Sep 20, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Sep 20, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sep 20, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11860-11861)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3643 | Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Nov 8, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Local employees
- Medical education
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Public health personnel
- Recruiting of employees
- Right of privacy
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- State employees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2007Introduced in Senate
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