Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act
Latest action · Sep 29, 2020 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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act
This bill provides funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for improving its core public health infrastructure and awarding grants to strengthen such infrastructure in state, tribal, territorial, and local health departments.
Core public health infrastructure includes the elements and workforce capabilities that enable health departments to perform critical functions (i.e., disease surveillance and emergency response).
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2020 to Nov 17, 2020, with 18 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Sep 29, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Performance measurement
- Scientific communication
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2020Introduced in Senate
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