3.0.0 1257 2023-01-11T13:22:52Z 2023-01-11T13:22:52Z Senate S S 2011-06-22 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-06-22T21:02:48Z Border Health Security Act of 2011 112 2298 HR 2011-10-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. Related bill CRS 2011-06-22 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 S4031-4032) IntroReferral 2011-06-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4030-4031) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-06-22 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 2011-06-22 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2011-07-13 False Health Advisory bodies Arizona Building construction California Canada Cancer Child health Dental care Domestic violence and child abuse Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency communications systems Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Employment and training programs Environmental health Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access 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 research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Mexico New Mexico Nutrition and diet Sex and reproductive health Terrorism Texas Women's health World health Health 00 2011-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-14T15:32:11Z Border Health Security Act of 2011 - Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to revise the duties of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission to include serving as an independent and objective body to both recommend and implement initiatives that solve border health issues.

Authorizes a member of the Commission to provide advice or recommendations to Congress concerning issues that are considered by the Commission.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Commissioners, to award grants to eligible entities to improve the health of border residents.

Requires the Secretary to award grants under the Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance project to eligible entities for infection disease surveillance activities in the border area.

Requires the Commission to: (1) prepare a binational strategic plan to guide the operations of the Commission, and (2) develop and approve an operational work plan and budget based on the strategic plan.

Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an evaluation of Commission activitie.

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

Authorizes the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) 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.

]]> Border Health Security Act of 2011 Display Title Border Health Security Act of 2011 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 and infectious disease, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Border Health Security Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1257is/xml/BILLS-112s1257is.xml 2011-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4031-4032) 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.