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Promoting Public Health Information Act

USA117th CongressS-3737| Senate 
| Updated: 3/2/2022
Christopher Murphy

Christopher Murphy

Democratic Senator

Connecticut

Cosponsors (2)
Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Promoting Public Health Information Act This bill sets out programs and activities to support the communication and dissemination of evidence-based public health information, with a particular focus on communication during public health emergencies. Specifically, it temporarily establishes an advisory committee to report on and make recommendations about, for example, the role and impact of misinformation on responses to public health emergencies and strategies to improve communication during such emergencies. The committee terminates four years after the bill's enactment. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must support the development of initiatives that promote fact-based public health and medical information to the public and educate the public on identifying misinformation.
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Timeline
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Mar 2, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 2, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 2, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureHealth information and medical recordsHealth promotion and preventive careScientific communication

Promoting Public Health Information Act

USA117th CongressS-3737| Senate 
| Updated: 3/2/2022
Promoting Public Health Information Act This bill sets out programs and activities to support the communication and dissemination of evidence-based public health information, with a particular focus on communication during public health emergencies. Specifically, it temporarily establishes an advisory committee to report on and make recommendations about, for example, the role and impact of misinformation on responses to public health emergencies and strategies to improve communication during such emergencies. The committee terminates four years after the bill's enactment. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must support the development of initiatives that promote fact-based public health and medical information to the public and educate the public on identifying misinformation.
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Timeline
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Mar 2, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 2, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 2, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Christopher Murphy

Christopher Murphy

Democratic Senator

Connecticut

Cosponsors (2)
Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureHealth information and medical recordsHealth promotion and preventive careScientific communication