CHILD Act
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 17, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community Health Improvement, Leadership, and Development Act of 2019 or the CHILD Act
This bill establishes several programs to support community health. Specifically, the bill establishes (1) an integrated database of epidemiological and health-claims information to monitor illness rates and associated health care costs; and (2) a grant program to support local community health improvement programs for the purposes of maintaining, disseminating, and reporting on database information.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jan 17, 2019 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jan 30, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 10, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Mar 5, 2020 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Mar 5, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 17, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Housing and community development funding
- Medicaid
- State and local finance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2019Introduced in House
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