3.0.0 3570 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z Senate S S 2008-09-24 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-25T01:20:04Z 2008-09-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-09-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9423) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N Health Access to health care Communication in medicine Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental health Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Public health administration Health 00 2008-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-05T20:06:33Z Public Health Coordinating Council Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Public Health Coordinating Council to: (1) facilitate and strengthen sustained communication and coordination across federal agencies and offices regarding public health; and (2) review and make recommendations concerning socioeconomic and environmental policies to reduce health disparities and improve the public's health.

Requires the Secretary to determine the duties of the Council, which shall include: (1) reviewing existing federal health programs and policies for the availability of equitable public health services across communities; (2) making recommendations for the modification of such federal programs and policies to improve public health; and (3) seeking to strengthen the impact of federal public health efforts by improving interagency collaboration and promoting a dialogue on broad public health issues.

]]> Public Health Coordinating Council Act Short Titles as Introduced Public Health Coordinating Council Act Display Title Public Health Coordinating Council Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a National Public Health Coordinating Council to assess the impact of Federal health-related socio-economic and environmental policies across Federal agencies to improve the public's health. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3570is/xml/BILLS-110s3570is.xml 2008-09-24 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.