3.0.0 1028 2023-01-11T13:19:02Z 2023-01-11T13:19:02Z Senate S S 2009-05-13 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-13T15:36:29Z Strengthening America's Public Health System Act 111 805 HR 2009-02-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-05-13 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 S5437-5439) IntroReferral 2009-05-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5437) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N Health Advisory bodies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Computers and information technology Department of Health and Human Services Emergency communications systems Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases International organizations and cooperation Latin America Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mexico Student aid and college costs World health Health 00 2009-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-02T19:57:54Z Strengthening America's Public Health System Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) establish the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant Program to assist public health agencies in improving surveillance for, and response to, infectious diseases and other conditions of public health importance; and (2) issue guidelines for public health entities relating to information systems to receive, monitor, and report infectious diseases and other such conditions.

Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) address documented workforce shortages in state and local health departments in applied public health epidemiology and public health laboratory science and informatics; and (2) provide for the expansion of applied epidemiology training programs.

Requires the Director, upon request, to assist the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists in developing or improving a process for states to conduct surveillance and submit reports to the Director on nationally notifiable diseases and conditions.

Requires the Secretary to adopt and use guidelines to develop improved standards and protocols for binational epidemiology, surveillance, laboratory analyses, and control of infectious diseases between the United States and Mexico.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to establish a committee to: (1) evaluate best practices in public health surveillance; and (2) assess systems needed for improving coordination among public health surveillance and monitoring systems.

]]> Strengthening America's Public Health System Act Display Title Strengthening America's Public Health System Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening America's Public Health System Act Introduced in Senate 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1028is/xml/BILLS-111s1028is.xml 2009-05-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5437-5439) 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.