Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (20 Sep 2007): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What this bill does
The Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 would create a national network to track chronic diseases and environmental factors that may be linked to them. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, working with the CDC and other agencies, would oversee this network.
This Act would affect states and local health departments, enabling them to apply for grants to develop and enhance their own environmental public health networks. It would also establish public access to a national database of health and environmental data, subject to privacy protections. Additionally, the bill proposes scholarships for public health students and training for epidemiology fellows.
The bill was introduced in the Senate in September 2007 and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Its status is currently "Introduced," meaning it has not yet been voted on or advanced to further legislative stages.
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Official summary
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with the involvement of other federal agencies, state and local health departments, and an advisory committee, to establish and operate a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, expand, and coordinate among existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) provide for public access to an electronic national database that accepts data from the State Environmental Public Health Network (established by this Act), subject to privacy requirements; (3) prepare and periodically publish a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Status Report and a Coordinated Network Health and Environment Report; (4) operate and maintain National Environmental Health Rapid Response Services; (5) provide technical assistance; and (6) develop minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting.
Authorizes: (1) states to apply for grants to implement pilot projects to develop State Environmental Public Health Network enhancements and programs; and (2) the Secretary to award grants to at least five accredited schools or programs of public health for Centers of Excellence.
Directs the Secretary: (1) to award John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students enrolled in accredited schools of public health or medicine; and (2) through the CDC Director, to enter into cooperative agreements to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in state and local health departments and to expand CDC biomonitoring data collection.
Timeline
20 Sep 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Common questions
- What does S. 2082 do?
- The Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 would create a national network to track chronic diseases and environmental factors that may be linked to them. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, working with the CDC and other agencies, would oversee this network. This Act would affect states and local health departments, enabling them to apply for grants to develop and enhance their own environmental public health networks. It would also establish public access to a national database of health and environmental data, subject to privacy protections. Additionally, the bill proposes scholarships for public health students and training for epidemiology fellows. The bill was introduced in the Senate in September 2007 and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Its status is currently "Introduced," meaning it has not yet been voted on or advanced to further legislative stages.
- Has S. 2082 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 2082. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 2082?
- S. 2082 was sponsored by Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] (D-NY), with 2 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on S. 2082?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (20 Sep 2007).
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