3.0.0 1447 2023-01-15T06:17:49Z 2023-01-15T06:17:49Z Senate S S 2003-07-23 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-07-23T21:09:38Z Border Health Security Act of 2003 108 2807 HR 2003-08-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2003-07-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9797-9798) IntroReferral 2003-07-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9795-9797) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2003-07-23 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2003-07-23 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2003-07-23 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2003-10-16 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2004-04-01 False Health Alcoholism Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Biological warfare Boundaries Communication in medicine Community health services Dental care Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Environmental Protection Environmental health Epidemiology Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health education Health insurance Infrastructure International Affairs International agencies Labor and Employment Latin America Maternal health services Medicaid Medical education Medical laboratories Medical personnel Medical research Medically uninsured Mental health services Mexico Planning Poor children Preventive medicine Public health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Syndromes Terrorism Women Health 00 2003-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2003-08-29T20:42:56Z Border Health Security Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the United States members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission (the members), to award grants to eligible entities (as defined by this section) to address priorities and recommendations to improve the health of border residents that are established by the Secretary, the members, and the State border health offices. Sets forth uses for grant funds, including for programs relating to: (1) maternal and child health; (2) substance abuse; and (3) environmental health.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities (as defined by this section) for bioterrorism preparedness in the border area. Sets forth uses for grant funds, including for the: (1) improvement of infrastructure; and (2) education and training of clinicians, epidemiologists, laboratories, and emergency personnel.

Allows the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security a health alert system that: (1) alerts clinicians and public health officials of emerging disease clusters and syndromes along the border area; and (2) is alerted to health threats or bioterrorism along the border area.

]]> Border Health Security Act of 2003 Display Title Border Health Security Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the border area, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Border Health Security Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-23T04:00:00Z 2003-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9797-9798) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.