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House Bill 8205
116th Congress(2019-2020)
ETHIC Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Sep 11, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Sep 11, 2020
Latest Action
Sep 16, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
8205
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
Kathy Castor
Florida
Democrat
Lauren Underwood
Illinois
Democrat
Deb Haaland
New Mexico
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Ensuring Transparent Honest Information on COVID-19 Act or the ETHIC Act

This bill retroactively requires states and other jurisdictions to report specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a condition of receiving certain COVID-19 funding. It also directs the CDC and others to take additional actions to address public health data systems, public health infrastructure, and health disparities.

Specifically, the bill directs the CDC to improve its data systems, develop relevant data and technology systems, and expand its public health infrastructure. The CDC must also award grants to government health departments to modernize their data systems, infrastructure, and collection of health disparities data.

Furthermore, the Department of Health and Human Services must commission a study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on public health data infrastructure, and the Indian Health Service must, as advised by a panel of tribal representatives, conduct research on health inequities among tribal populations, including inequities related to COVID-19.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
September 11, 2020
Related Bills (2)
Dec 05, 2019
Introduced in House
5
Sponsorship
House Bill 5321
Public Health Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2019
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Jun 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
4
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 1793
Saving Lives Through Better Data Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (3)
09/16/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
09/11/2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
09/11/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:45:00 PM
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