House Bill 976
117th Congress(2021-2022)
ETHIC Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 11, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
976
Congress
117
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.
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 as a condition of receiving certain COVID-19 funding.
The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to commission a study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on public health data infrastructure.
February 11, 2021
02/12/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
02/11/2021
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
02/11/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:46:47 PM