3.0.0 302 2023-01-11T13:46:37Z 2023-01-11T13:46:37Z Senate S 2021-02-08 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-09T00:03:59Z 2021-02-08 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-02-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N Health Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee hiring Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Licensing and registrations Medical tests and diagnostic methods Performance measurement State and local government operations Health 00 2021-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-07T15:57:43Z Set Testing and Objectives Plan for COVID-19 Act or the STOP COVID-19 Act

This bill establishes two grant programs to support public health measures to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

First, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to local health departments for testing, contact tracing, and other activities to reduce the spread of COVID-19. A recipient of one of these grants must meet specific standards for testing and contact tracing. If a grantee remains unable to meet those standards after two months, it must return a portion of the grant funding.

HHS may use unobligated funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for these grants. The authority to make these grants terminates when that funding is expended or 180 days after this bill's enactment, whichever is earlier.

Second, HHS must award grants to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts in states and territories. A recipient of one of these grants must publicly report information about its vaccine efforts, develop a unified system to register its residents for vaccines, and administer at least 95% of its vaccine allotment each month. If a grantee fails to use the required percentage of its vaccines, it must return a portion of the grant funding.

HHS may use specified COVID-19 relief funding for these grants. The authority to make these grants terminates when that funding is expended or December 31, 2021, whichever is earlier.

]]> STOP COVID–19 Act Display Title STOP COVID–19 Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a program to support county and municipal government entities in reducing the spread of COVID-19 through standardized testing and evaluation measures, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced STOP COVID–19 Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Set Testing and Objectives Plan for COVID–19 Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s302is/xml/BILLS-117s302is.xml 2021-02-08 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.