Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act
USA116th CongressHR-7801| House
| Updated: 7/28/2020
Marcia L. Fudge
Democratic Representative
Ohio
Cosponsors (3)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Armed Services Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and otherwise expand the federal public health reserve corps, including by reactivating retired personnel, to assist with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts. This corps includes, among others, the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, the Medical Reserve Corps, and certain personnel of the Federal Emergency Management Agency appointed to respond to disasters and emergencies. Specifically, HHS must award grants to governmental health departments to recruit and train personnel to serve in the federal public health reserve corps and assist with COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and treatment. To carry out these grants, health departments may establish partnerships with institutions that offer medical training and public health programs, giving priority to partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. HHS must also develop a training program, in consultation with the Department of Defense, that addresses activation and surge capacity of the reserve corps to respond to COVID-19. In addition, HHS must award grants, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to local workforce development boards to develop career plans and other activities to facilitate the transition of reserve corps personnel to other health-related occupations.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Health
Allied health servicesCardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityEducation programs fundingEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHigher educationHospital careIndian social and development programsInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical educationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMilitary personnel and dependentsMinority employmentMinority healthNational Guard and reservesNursingSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsUnemploymentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationYouth employment and child labor
Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act
USA116th CongressHR-7801| House
| Updated: 7/28/2020
Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and otherwise expand the federal public health reserve corps, including by reactivating retired personnel, to assist with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts. This corps includes, among others, the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, the Medical Reserve Corps, and certain personnel of the Federal Emergency Management Agency appointed to respond to disasters and emergencies. Specifically, HHS must award grants to governmental health departments to recruit and train personnel to serve in the federal public health reserve corps and assist with COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and treatment. To carry out these grants, health departments may establish partnerships with institutions that offer medical training and public health programs, giving priority to partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. HHS must also develop a training program, in consultation with the Department of Defense, that addresses activation and surge capacity of the reserve corps to respond to COVID-19. In addition, HHS must award grants, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to local workforce development boards to develop career plans and other activities to facilitate the transition of reserve corps personnel to other health-related occupations.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Marcia L. Fudge
Democratic Representative
Ohio
Cosponsors (3)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Armed Services Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Allied health servicesCardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityEducation programs fundingEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHigher educationHospital careIndian social and development programsInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical educationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMilitary personnel and dependentsMinority employmentMinority healthNational Guard and reservesNursingSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsUnemploymentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationYouth employment and child labor