Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with other specified agencies and departments, to develop, publish, and submit to Congress a national One Health Framework for coordinated federal activities under the One Health Program, which encourages collaborative efforts to help better prevent, prepare for, and respond to zoonotic disease outbreaks. The framework must (1) describe existing efforts and contain recommendations for building upon and complementing the activities of federal entities; and (2) establish specified goals, including advancing the scientific understanding of the connections among human, animal, and environmental health.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health
Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careEnvironmental healthGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntergovernmental relationsMedical researchState and local government operationsVeterinary medicine and animal diseases
A bill to establish an interagency One Health Program, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-2615| Senate
| Updated: 3/22/2018
Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with other specified agencies and departments, to develop, publish, and submit to Congress a national One Health Framework for coordinated federal activities under the One Health Program, which encourages collaborative efforts to help better prevent, prepare for, and respond to zoonotic disease outbreaks. The framework must (1) describe existing efforts and contain recommendations for building upon and complementing the activities of federal entities; and (2) establish specified goals, including advancing the scientific understanding of the connections among human, animal, and environmental health.
Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careEnvironmental healthGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntergovernmental relationsMedical researchState and local government operationsVeterinary medicine and animal diseases