3.0.0 1537 2023-01-11T13:30:43Z 2023-01-11T13:30:43Z Senate S 2015-06-10 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-10T17:14:08Z 2015-06-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-06-10 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-06-10 True Health Advisory bodies Arizona Building construction California Canada Cancer Chemical and biological weapons Child health Crime prevention 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 Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases International organizations and cooperation Latin America Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Mexico Minority health New Mexico Nutrition and diet Sex and reproductive health Terrorism Texas Violent crime Women's health World health Health 00 2015-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2016-01-07T22:21:08Z Border Health Security Act of 2015

This bill amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to require the commission to cooperate with the Canada-United States Pan-Border Public Health Preparedness Council and to recommend and implement initiatives that solve border health issues. Members of the commission may provide advice or recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or Congress without authorization or a request.

HHS must award grants: (1) to address the priorities and recommendations of the commission and council to improve the health of border area residents, and (2) for infectious disease surveillance activities in border areas.

Every five years, the commission and the council must each prepare a binational strategic plan that includes priority areas, recommendations to address these priority areas, and an evaluation framework to gauge progress.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response may coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security in establishing a system that alerts clinicians and public health officials to emerging health threats in border areas.]]> Border Health Security Act of 2015 Display Title Border Health Security Act of 2015 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, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Border Health Security Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1537is/xml/BILLS-114s1537is.xml 2015-06-10 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.