3.0.0 3944 2023-01-11T20:23:20Z 2023-01-11T20:23:20Z House H HR 2007-10-23 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-10-24T18:37:33Z Referred to 2007-10-23T13:01:00Z 2007-10-24 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-10-23 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-10-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 N D000604 Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] Charles Dent R PA W. 15 2007-10-23 True S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 29 2007-10-23 True M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2007-10-23 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2007-10-23 True G000549 Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] Jim Gerlach R PA 6 2007-10-23 True A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 2008-04-23 False B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2008-04-29 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-04-29 False J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2008-04-29 False S001153 Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] HILDA SOLIS D CA L. 32 2008-05-13 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2008-05-13 False B001234 Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] JOE BACA D CA 43 2008-05-13 False N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 38 2008-05-21 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2008-05-21 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2008-07-31 False Health AIDS (Disease) Access to health care Alcoholism Asian American ethnic groups Cancer Child health Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Curricula Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Epidemiology Families Federal aid to education Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health counseling Health education Health planning Health surveys Hepatitis Human immunodeficiency viruses Indian medical care Infants Liver diseases Medical records Medical research Medical screening Medical tests Minorities Native Americans Pregnant women Preventive medicine Prisoners Right of privacy School health programs Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Sexually transmitted diseases Vaccines Women Women's health Health 00 2007-10-23 Introduced in House 2007-12-17T15:22:26Z National Hepatitis B Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for hepatitis B prevention, control, and medical management.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) support the integration of testing, counseling, immunization, and medical referral activities into existing clinical and public health programs at state, local, and tribal levels; and (2) provide hepatitis B coordinators to health departments in order to ensure the success of such integration.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to implement programs to increase awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of hepatitis B.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to: (1) support the establishment of a national hepatitis B surveillance program; and (2) report on population-based seroprevalence studies and hepatitis B's economic and clinical impact and its impact on quality of life.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Directors of CDC, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct research on hepatitis B.

Requires the Secretary to give priority in carrying out this Act to individuals with limited access to health education, testing, and health care services and groups that may be disproportionately affected by hepatitis B.

]]> National Hepatitis B Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program that will lead to a marked reduction in liver cirrhosis and a reduction in the cases of, and improved survival of, liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection. Introduced in House IH Display Title National Hepatitis B Act Short Titles as Introduced National Hepatitis B Act Introduced in House 2007-10-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3944ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3944ih.xml 2007-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.