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).
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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
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntergovernmental relationsMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPerformance measurementScientific communicationState and local government operations
Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act
USA116th CongressS-4740| Senate
| Updated: 9/29/2020
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).
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntergovernmental relationsMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPerformance measurementScientific communicationState and local government operations