3.0.0 1074 2023-01-13T04:48:07Z 2023-01-13T04:48:07Z Senate S S 2005-05-18 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-05-18T22:21:18Z 2005-05-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-05-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5446-5447) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N Health Administrative procedure Advertising Agriculture and Food Ambulatory care Beverages Bicycles Bikeways Breast feeding Business records Cancer Cardiovascular diseases Child health Child nutrition Cigarettes Coinsurance Commerce Community health services Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Congressional veto Consumer education Curricula Deceptive advertising Dental care Department of Agriculture Department of Health and Human Services Diet Disabled Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug therapy Economics and Public Finance Education Educational facilities Elementary and secondary education Employee health benefits Employee rights Employee training Employment of the disabled Environmental Protection Exercise Families Family leave Federal Trade Commission Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Federal aid to transportation Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Foreign Trade and International Finance Fringe benefits Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government paperwork Government trust funds Health counseling Health education Health surveys Health warnings Higher education Hospital personnel Hospitals Hours of labor Income tax Independent regulatory commissions Infant formulas Labeling Labor and Employment Law Local laws Lung cancer Lung diseases Marketing Maternal health services Medicaid Medical education Medical fees Medical research Medical residents Medicare Mental depression Mental health Mental health services Nicotine Nonprofit organizations Nutrition Obesity Occupational health and safety Oils and fats Packaging Pedestrians Physical education and training Physical fitness Physicians Poverty Pregnant women Preschool education Preventive medicine Problem children Public health personnel Public service advertising Restaurants Restrictive trade practices Sales promotion Salt School health programs School lunch program Science, Technology, Communications Self-help devices for the disabled Small business Smokeless tobacco Smoking Smoking and youth Smuggling Social Welfare Sports and Recreation State laws Stroke Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Taxation Tobacco Tobacco exports Tobacco industry Tobacco research Traffic accidents and safety Trails Transportation and Public Works Transportation and the disabled Transportation planning User charges Vegetables Vending machines Women Women's employment Women's health Health 00 2005-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2005-08-03T19:12:56Z Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act or the HeLP America Act - Sets forth provisions for the establishment of, and incentives for, wellness programs.

Provides for: (1) healthy school nutrition environment incentive grants; (2) school mental health program grants; (3) the establishment of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative to certify a hospital as a baby friendly hospital/center for breastfeeding excellence; and (4) programs for children at risk for emotional or behavioral problems due to family distress.

Healthy Workforce Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to: (1) allow a wellness program credit for employers; and (2) exclude from an employee's income the fees paid by an employer to an athletic or fitness facility on the employee's behalf.

Provides for grants to promote individual and community health, prevent the incidence of chronic disease, and implement Living Well With a Disability Programs.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) develop enhanced standards for the design of roads and intersection controls to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety; and (2) double the percentage of trips made by foot or bicycle while simultaneously reducing crashes involving bicyclists and pedestrians by 10 percent.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to implement public health monitoring measures to address mental and behavioral health needs.

Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to require employers to provide lactation periods and lactation facilities to permit employees to breastfeed eligible children. Applies such requirements to the federal civil service.

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary to: (1) regulate tobacco products (through the Food and Drug Administration); and (2) establish the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee. Sets forth tobacco product standards and registration, recordkeeping, reporting, manufacturer and importer user fee, labeling, advertising, and marketing requirements.

Requires vending machines and certain restaurants to provide nutritional information about each food offered, including the number of calories.

Restores the ability of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to restrict the marketing or advertising of foods to children.

Deems infant formula to be misbranded if it does not contain a statement regarding the nutritional superiority of breast milk.

Requires the Secretary to impose penalties on the tobacco industry for failure to achieve specified goals to reduce youth smoking.

Amends the Social Security Act to provide coverage for certain counseling and screening services. Requires the Secretary to encourage a State program to utilize school-based health centers to deliver primary care to children eligible for federal medical assistance.

Establishes the HeLP (Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention) America Trust Fund to fund smoking cessation efforts and other efforts required by this Act.

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