3.0.0 2825 2023-01-13T04:48:18Z 2023-01-13T04:48:18Z Senate S S 2006-05-17 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-17T22:16:40Z Border Health Security Act of 2006 109 5412 HR 2006-05-17 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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. Identical bill CRS 2006-05-17 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 S4699-4700) IntroReferral 2006-05-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4698-4699) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2006-05-17 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2006-05-17 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2006-05-17 True Health Alcoholism Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Biological warfare Boundaries Communication in medicine Community health services Congressional reporting requirements Dental care Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment 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 Governmental investigations 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 2006-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-11T19:56:20Z Border Health Security Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the U.S. members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, to award grants to improve border residents' health.

Requires the Secretary to award grants to states, local or tribal governments, or public health entities for bioterrorism preparedness in the border area.

Authorizes appropriations to carry out the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act.

Allows the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security in establishing 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 signs of health threats or bioterrorism along the border area.

Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine for the study of binational public health infrastructure and health insurance efforts.

Authorizes any member or staff of the Commission to provide advice or recommendations to Congress concerning issues that are considered by the Commission.

]]> Border Health Security Act of 2006 Display Title Border Health Security Act of 2006 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 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2825is/xml/BILLS-109s2825is.xml 2006-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4699-4700) 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.