CHILD Act 2019-01-17 Introduced in House Community Health Improvement, Leadership, and Development Act of 2019 or the CHILD Act

This bill establishes several programs to support community health. Specifically, the bill establishes (1) an integrated database of epidemiological and health-claims information to monitor illness rates and associated health care costs; and (2) a grant program to support local community health improvement programs for the purposes of maintaining, disseminating, and reporting on database information.

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