HR 3723 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Viral Hepatitis Testing Act of 2013

Introduced Dec 12, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Bill Cassidy R-LA

Latest action · Dec 13, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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IntroducedDec 12, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Viral Hepatitis Testing Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out surveillance, education, and testing programs with respect to hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) virus infections.

Requires the Secretary to establish a national system with respect to HBV and HCV to: (1) determine the prevalence of such infections; (2) carry out testing programs to increase the number of individuals who are aware of their infection; (3) disseminate public information and education programs for the detection and control of such infections; (4) improve the training of health professionals in the detection, control, and treatment of such infections; and (5) provide referrals for counseling and medical treatment and ensure the provision of follow-up services. Directs the Secretary to determine the populations that are considered at high risk.

Directs the Secretary to establish and support public-private partnerships that facilitate such HBV and HCV surveillance, education, screening, testing, and linkage to care programs.

Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to convene the Preventive Services Task Force every three years to review its recommendation for HBV and HCV screening.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and carry out a plan to provide veterans who were born between 1945 and 1965 with an HBC risk assessment and, if they are diagnosed with such virus, a thorough evaluation of, and information regarding, their need for treatment, vaccination, or other therapy.

Requires the VA to use compliance with such plan as a key performance measure under the VA Handbook Performance Management System or its successor, including by giving the director of a VA medical facility that is not fully compliant a less than fully successful performance appraisal.

Cosponsors 74

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2013 to Dec 4, 2014; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Dec 12, 2013
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Dec 12, 2013
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Feb 25, 2014
R-TX	Pete Olson		Feb 25, 2014
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Feb 27, 2014
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Mar 4, 2014
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Mar 24, 2014
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Apr 1, 2014
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Apr 4, 2014
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Apr 7, 2014
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Apr 9, 2014
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Apr 9, 2014
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Apr 28, 2014
R-TN	David P. Roe		Apr 28, 2014
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Apr 28, 2014
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Apr 28, 2014
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 28, 2014
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Apr 28, 2014
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Apr 28, 2014
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		May 1, 2014
R-OH	Bill Johnson		May 8, 2014
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		May 8, 2014
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		May 8, 2014
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		May 9, 2014
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		May 9, 2014
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		May 19, 2014
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		May 19, 2014
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		May 20, 2014
D-IL	Bill Foster		May 28, 2014
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		May 28, 2014
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		May 28, 2014
R-MO	Billy Long		May 29, 2014
R-TX	Pete Sessions		May 29, 2014
R-MI	Dan Benishek		May 30, 2014
R-CA	David G. Valadao		May 30, 2014
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Jun 11, 2014
R-TX	Bill Flores		Jun 11, 2014
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jun 11, 2014
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jun 11, 2014
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jun 18, 2014
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jul 14, 2014
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 22, 2014
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 22, 2014
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 22, 2014
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 22, 2014
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jul 22, 2014
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 22, 2014
D-GA	John Lewis		Jul 24, 2014
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jul 24, 2014
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jul 29, 2014
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 29, 2014
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jul 29, 2014
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Jul 31, 2014
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Sep 8, 2014
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Sep 11, 2014
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Sep 11, 2014
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Sep 11, 2014
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Sep 11, 2014
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Sep 11, 2014
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 15, 2014
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Sep 15, 2014
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Sep 15, 2014
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 15, 2014
D-GA	David Scott		Sep 18, 2014
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Sep 18, 2014
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Sep 18, 2014
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Sep 18, 2014
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Sep 18, 2014
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Sep 18, 2014
D-CA	Mark Takano		Sep 18, 2014
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Sep 18, 2014
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Sep 18, 2014
D-CT	James A. Himes		Dec 4, 2014
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Dec 4, 2014

Committees 2

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 Dec 12, 2013
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Dec 13, 2013
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Dec 12, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 12, 2013Introduced in House
Dec 12, 2013Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H8110.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2538	Viral Hepatitis Testing Act of 2014	Related bill	Jun 26, 2014

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Viral Hepatitis Testing Act of 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 12, 2013Introduced in House

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