Congress 115 - HR 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

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Advisory bodies Aging Blood and blood diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Chemical and biological weapons Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Federal-Indian relations Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medical education Medical research Military education and training Military medicine Military operations and strategy Military readiness Natural disasters Public participation and lobbying Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Terrorism

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Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish several programs and entities relating to public health emergency preparedness and response, including:

an interagency advisory panel on health security,
a dedicated unit within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address the needs of children during public health emergencies,
a grant program to support the provision of services by military trauma teams at high-acuity trauma centers, and
programs to address pandemic influenza and emerging infectious diseases.

The bill also reauthorizes for FY2019-FY2023 and revises several other programs and entities relating to public health emergencies, including the National Disaster Medical System, the Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

The bill also expands the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the scope of the National Health Security Strategy.

ASPR must also develop a strategy to reunify children and parents who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under a specified immigration enforcement policy (i.e., the "zero-tolerance" policy) and submit weekly reports on the status and welfare of children awaiting reunification.

Actions

Sep 26, 2018

Received in the Senate.
Sep 25, 2018

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Sep 25, 2018

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 25, 2018

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8759-8775)
Sep 25, 2018

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8759-8775)
Sep 25, 2018

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6378.
Sep 25, 2018

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8759-8789)
Sep 25, 2018

Mrs. Brooks (IN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 18, 2018

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 18, 2018

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 17, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
Jul 16, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 16, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, and Homeland Security, 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.
Jul 16, 2018

Introduced in House

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