National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 25, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 2019
This bill establishes the Office of Oversight and Coordination for Tick-Borne Diseases within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office must oversee the creation of a national strategy to address Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and disorders. The national strategy must include program assessments, benchmarks for progress, and recommendations from the previously established Tick-Borne Disease Working Group.
The bill also requires HHS to undertake specific actions that promote research, prevention, and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and disorders. Among other things, HHS must:
- support expansive research into the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of such diseases and disorders;
- establish a surveillance system to track the prevalence of such diseases and disorders in humans;
- establish a surveillance system to track the prevalence of disease-carrying ticks;
- conduct educational campaigns; and
- hold a series of research symposiums.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2019 to Oct 17, 2019, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Jan 9, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jan 15, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 15, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Jan 23, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jan 23, 2019 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Feb 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Mar 6, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Research administration and funding
- Scientific communication
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
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