3.0.0 3149 2022-12-30T08:33:20Z 2023-01-01T23:44:49Z Senate S 2021-11-03 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-11-03T18:15:14Z To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the Office of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the Office of Rural Health, and for other purposes. 117 5848 HR 2021-11-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-11-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-11-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-11-03 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2021-11-04 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2021-11-18 False Health Health 00 2021-11-03 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-22T18:56:59Z Rural Health Equity Act

This bill establishes within the Office of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the Office of Rural Health. The office must serve as the primary point of contact within the CDC on rural health matters, coordinate public health research on issues affecting rural populations, and carry out related activities.

]]> Rural Health Equity Act Display Title Rural Health Equity Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Rural Health Equity Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the Office of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the Office of Rural Health, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3149is/xml/BILLS-117s3149is.xml 2021-11-03 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.