3.0.0 4022 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z Senate S S 2006-09-29 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-29T22:50:42Z Remember 9/11 Health Act 109 566 HR 2005-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Remember 9/11 Health Act 109 6124 HR 2006-10-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2006-09-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2006-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-09-29 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2006-09-29 True Health Adult day care Child care workers Child health Coinsurance Commerce Compensation for victims of crime Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Day care Directories Drugs Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Environmental Protection Environmental health Epidemiology Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Federal office buildings Finance and Financial Sector Fire departments Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government liability Health information systems Health insurance Health surveys Higher education Insurance premiums International Affairs Labor and Employment Labor unions Law Law enforcement officers Local employees Mass rapid transit Medical economics Medical research Medical tests Mental health services New York City Occupational health and safety Office buildings Paramedical personnel Physical examinations Police Refuse and refuse disposal Rescue work Research grants Science, Technology, Communications September 11, 2001 Social Welfare State employees Students Teachers Terrorism Toxicology Transportation and Public Works Transportation workers Victims of terrorism Virginia Volunteer workers Workers' compensation Health 00 2006-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-12T20:27:18Z Remember 9/11 Health Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to deem certain emergency service, rescue and recovery, and law enforcement personnel and transit and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, residents of and individuals employed or attending school, child care, or adult day care in the declared disaster area (eligible recipients) to be civil employees under provisions relating to: (1) compensation to federal employees for work injuries; and (2) claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to federal service, except that such an eligible recipient shall not be responsible for the payment of any health care expenses that result from exposure to the adverse conditions after such attack.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or cooperative agreements to specified programs, including one established by the New York City Fire Department, to carry out screening and clinical examinations and long-term health monitoring and analysis for eligible recipients. Limits such monitoring to 20 years and 40,000 individuals.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct or support diagnostic or treatment research for adverse health conditions considered to be associated with the terrorist attacks.

Allows the Secretary to establish similar compensation and health programs for those affected by the September 11, 2001, Pentagon attack.

Requires the Secretary to convene a 9/11 Health Emergency Coordinating Council to examine and formulate recommendations on the adequacy of the: (1) responses by the federal, state, and local governments and the private sector to the attacks; (2) care and compensation for the victims; (3) federal tracking of the monitoring and treatment of individuals suffering health effects from the attacks; and (4) coordination among the Council members to the attacks. Allows the Council, upon request, to issue advisory opinions on the relative obligation of the federal government and any insurance company resulting from the attacks.

]]> Remember 9/11 Health Act Display Title Remember 9/11 Health Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide protections and services to certain individuals after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, in New York City, in the State of New York, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Remember 9/11 Health Act Introduced in Senate 2006-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s4022is/xml/BILLS-109s4022is.xml 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.