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House Bill 7801
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jul 27, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 27, 2020
Latest Action
Jul 28, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7801
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Marcia L. Fudge
Ohio
Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard
California
Democrat
Andre Carson
Indiana
Democrat
Bennie Thompson
Mississippi
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
July 27, 2020
Actions (3)
07/28/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
07/27/2020
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.
07/27/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:45:49 PM
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