3.0.0 3877 2023-01-11T13:46:18Z 2023-01-11T13:46:18Z Senate S 2020-06-03 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-03T21:24:28Z Community Solutions for COVID–19 Act 116 7077 HR 2020-06-01 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS EHDC Act of 2020 116 8200 HR 2020-09-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2020-06-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-06-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-06-03 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-06-03 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-06-03 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-06-03 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-06-03 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-06-03 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-06-03 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-06-03 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-06-03 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-06-03 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-06-03 True Health Aging Cardiovascular and respiratory health Community life and organization Emergency medical services and trauma care Foreign language and bilingual programs Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Immigrant health and welfare Immunology and vaccination Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods Minority health Racial and ethnic relations Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Health 00 2020-06-03 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-08T19:15:32Z Community Solutions for COVID-19 Act

This bill provides funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to nongovernmental entities for programs to reduce or eliminate disparities related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Eligible entities must have experience working to address issues related to health equity among those disproportionally impacted by adverse health outcomes. Grant funds may be used to improve access to testing, treatment, and other services with respect to COVID-19 and for other purposes.


]]> Community Solutions for COVID–19 Act Display Title Community Solutions for COVID–19 Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Community Solutions for COVID–19 Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish or expand programs to improve health equity regarding COVID-19 and reduce or eliminate inequities in the prevalence and health outcomes of COVID-19. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3877is/xml/BILLS-116s3877is.xml 2020-06-03 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.