Public Health Emergency Response and Accountability Act
Latest action · Jan 24, 2017 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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Health Emergency Response and Accountability Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, upon determination of a public health emergency, to provide for the convening of a group of federal officials to prepare monthly reports concerning such matters as funding, collaboration, and best practices.
The bill makes appropriations to the Public Health Emergency Fund upon determination of an emergency. Funding is subject to a calculation that compares amounts available in the fund to average public health emergency relief expenditures over preceding fiscal years.
The bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the fund from sequestration, a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report on:
- the capacity of the public health system to respond effectively to infectious disease outbreaks,
- the coordination between federal, state, and local government entities when responding to infectious disease outbreaks,
- the most effective ways to provide or allocate resources for public health emergency response, and
- an audit of how funds for public health emergencies have been expended within the last two years.
GAO must also issue a post-emergency report on response efforts by government entities.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2017 to May 23, 2017; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | May 23, 2017 |
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 Jan 24, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jan 24, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45701 | Selected Homeland Security Issues in the 116th Congress Archived | Report | Nov 26, 2019 |
| IN11038 | U.S. National Health Security: Homeland Security Issues in the 116th Congress Archived | Insight | Feb 11, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3280 | Public Health Emergency Response and Accountability Act | Reintroduction of | Jul 14, 2016 |
| S 3309 | Public Health Emergency Response and Accountability Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 13, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for a Public Health Emergency Fund, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Public Health Emergency Response and Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
