3.0.0 1798 2023-01-11T20:41:46Z 2023-01-11T20:41:46Z Senate S S 2007-07-17 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-17T17:23:19Z Border Health Security Act of 2008 110 5592 HR 2008-03-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-07-17 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 7/18/2007 S9474) IntroReferral 2007-07-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 7/18/2007 S9473-9474) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-17 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 2007-07-17 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2007-07-17 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-17 True Health Alcoholism Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Biological warfare Boundaries Communicable diseases Communication in medicine Community health services Congressional reporting requirements Dental care Disasters 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 information systems Health insurance Health surveys Infrastructure International Affairs International agencies Labor and Employment Latin America Maternal health services Medicaid Medical education Medical laboratories Medical personnel Medical research Medical tests Medically uninsured Mental health services Mexico Planning Poor children Preventive medicine Public health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Syndromes Terrorism Trauma care Women Health 00 2007-07-17 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-03T20:30:00Z Border Health Security Act of 2007 - 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, trauma centers, regional trauma center coordinating entities, or public health entities for all hazards preparedness in the border area, including bioterrorism and infectious disease.

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, disasters of mass scale, or bioterrorism along the border area.

Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine for the study of binational health infrastructure (including trauma and emergency care) and health insurance efforts.

Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to authorize 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 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents and for all hazards preparedness in the border area including bioterrorism in the border area including bioterrorism and infectious disease, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Border Health Security Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Border Health Security Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1798is/xml/BILLS-110s1798is.xml 2007-07-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 7/18/2007 S9474) 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.