[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2894 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2894

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for education and 
  outreach with respect to the prevention and treatment of tick-borne 
                               illnesses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2017

 Mr. Keating introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for education and 
  outreach with respect to the prevention and treatment of tick-borne 
                               illnesses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tick-Borne Disease Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WITH RESPECT TO THE PREVENTION AND 
              TREATMENT OF TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
inserting after section 317T (42 U.S.C. 247b-22) the following new 
section:

``SEC. 317U. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WITH RESPECT TO THE PREVENTION AND 
              TREATMENT OF TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES.

    ``(a) Public Materials on Prevention and Treatment.--Beginning not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, shall publish and periodically update materials for both 
the public and for health care providers, relating to prevention and 
treatment procedures for tick-borne illnesses.
    ``(b) Health Care Provider Training Materials.--Beginning not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, shall publish and periodically update training materials 
for health care providers on preventing and treating tick-borne 
disease.''.
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