Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2009
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (31 Jul 2009): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
What this bill does
H.R. 3426, the Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2009, would establish a national network to track chronic health conditions and their connections to environmental factors. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), would be responsible for creating this network. This would involve developing an electronic national database accessible to the public, which would contain information on the occurrence of specific health issues and related environmental data.
The bill would also provide grants to states to help them create and manage their own networks, which would then feed into the national database. Additionally, it proposes agreements to train and place public health professionals in state and local health departments to improve environmental health surveillance and data collection. The bill also aims to expand biomonitoring efforts to better understand a range of environmental exposures by collecting and analyzing more data from states.
This legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives on July 30, 2009, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. As of the provided information, its latest action is "Introduced," meaning it has not yet progressed through the legislative process.
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Official summary
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) establish and operate a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network to provide for public access to an electronic national database on the incidence and prevalence of priority chronic conditions and health effects and relevant environmental and other factors; (2) award grants to states for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of state networks; (3) enter into a cooperative agreement with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in state and local health departments to enhance public health capacity in the areas of environmental health, chronic and other noninfectious diseases and conditions, and public health surveillance; and (4) enter into cooperative agreements with states or consortia of states to expand the scope and amount of biomonitoring data collected and analyzed by the CDC, state laboratories, and consortia of state laboratories in order to obtain robust information about a range of environmental exposures.
Requires the Secretary to integrate the enactment of this Act with all funded environmental health tracking programs.
Timeline
31 Jul 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 3426 do?
- H.R. 3426, the Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2009, would establish a national network to track chronic health conditions and their connections to environmental factors. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), would be responsible for creating this network. This would involve developing an electronic national database accessible to the public, which would contain information on the occurrence of specific health issues and related environmental data. The bill would also provide grants to states to help them create and manage their own networks, which would then feed into the national database. Additionally, it proposes agreements to train and place public health professionals in state and local health departments to improve environmental health surveillance and data collection. The bill also aims to expand biomonitoring efforts to better understand a range of environmental exposures by collecting and analyzing more data from states. This legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives on July 30, 2009, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. As of the provided information, its latest action is "Introduced," meaning it has not yet progressed through the legislative process.
- Has H.R. 3426 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 3426. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 3426?
- H.R. 3426 was sponsored by Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8] (D-CA), with 14 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 3426?
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. (31 Jul 2009).
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