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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning health promotion and disease prevention. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the powers of the federal government should be utilized to: (1) enhance the science base required to fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention; and (2) explore how strategies can integrate lifestyle improvement programs into national policy, health care workplaces, families, and communities.
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Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide for increased planning and funding for health promotion programs of the Department of Health and Human Services. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act or the Health Promotion FIRST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for health promotion that includes coordinating the health promotion activities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and addressing how best to: (1) develop the basic and applied science of health promotion; (2) synthesize and disseminate health promotion research; (3) support the health promotion community; and (4) modify or develop resources, policies, structure, and legislation to integrate health promotion into all health professions and sectors of society.Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Aged, Budgets, Communication in medicine, Communications, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Curricula, Data banks, Drug therapy, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Federal aid to health facilities, Geriatrics, Government publicity, Health education, Health facilities, Health information systems, Health planning, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Hospital care, Job training, Law, Medical care, Medical personnel, Medical statistics, Medical technology, Medical tests, Medicine, Neurology, Paramedical personnel, Planning, Preventive medicine, Public contracts, Public service advertising, Quality of care, Standards, State and local government, Stroke, Technology
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. 4/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish and evaluate a grant program to enable states or consortia of states to develop stroke care systems; (2) foster the development of systems of stroke care through total quality improvement of health systems providing primary stroke prevention and identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals who experience a stroke; (3) provide a state, consortia of states, and local agencies technical assistance; and (4) collaborate with appropriate medical and health professional associations to disseminate evidence-based practices on stroke systems of care. Authorizes the Secretary to award [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Alaska, Asian American ethnic groups, Blacks, Boundaries, Budgets, Child health, Children, Clinical trials, Clinics, College administration, Commemorations, Communications, Community health services, Congressional reporting requirements, Diabetes, Diet, Education, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Epidemiology, Exercise, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Food, Genetic research, Health counseling, Health education, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Hospital administration, Indian education, Indian medical care, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Laboratories, Latin America, Medical care, Medical education, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical laboratories, Medical personnel, Medical research, Medical supplies, Medicine, Mentoring, Mexico, Minorities, Minorities in medicine, Minority children, Minority health, Nursing homes, Nutrition, Obesity, Pacific Islanders, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Preventive medicine, Public health personnel, Public service advertising, Quality of care, Research grants, Scholarships, School administration, Science policy, Special days, Special weeks, Sports, Student loan funds, Teachers, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. 5/8/2007--Introduced. Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to: (1) conduct, coordinate, and support research and other activities with respect to pre-diabetes and diabetes in minority populations; and (2) conduct and support programs to treat diabetes in minority populations. Requires the Director of NIH, through the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to provide for: (1) health care professionals' mentoring; and (2) minority health professionals' participation in diabetes-focused [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1106-1107) Bill TextTo reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs, to establish the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture as an independent agency reporting to and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Creating Research Extension and Teaching Excellence for the 21st Century Act of 2007 or CREATE-21 Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture, which shall be located in Washington, DC. Transfers specified authorities of the Department of Agriculture and other authorities to the Institutes. Sets forth organizational and funding provisions. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to repeal authority for the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. Eliminates specified funding provisions respecting agricultural research [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Afghanistan, Armed forces, Children, Comprehensive health care, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Counseling, Criminal justice, Day care, Defense policy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Employee training, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal employees, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Homeless, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Job training, Marriage counseling, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medicine, Mental health, Mental health services, Mental illness, Middle East and North Africa, Military occupation, Military operations, Minorities, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Preventive medicine, Psychotherapy, Public contracts, Quality of care, Rape, Reproduction, Science policy, Social services, South Asia, Trauma care, Veterans, Veterans' medical care, Women, Women veterans, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 12/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 11/7/2007--Introduced. Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) conduct a long-term epidemiological study on the health of women veterans who served on active duty in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; (2) assess barriers encountered by women veterans to the provision by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of comprehensive health care; (3) assess all health care services and programs provided by the VA for women veterans; (4) provide training for mental health professionals who provide counseling to women veterans suffering from sexual trauma; (5) develop a plan for the identification, development, and dissemination of treatments for post-traumatic [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Aged, AIDS (Disease), Alaska, American studies, Asian American ethnic groups, Black colleges, Boundaries, Budgets, Building construction, Cancer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Child health, Children, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Clinics, Communications, Community health services, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Data banks, Department of Health and Human Services, Discrimination in medical care, Drug approvals, Education, Electronic data interchange, Environmental assessment, Environmental health, Environmental justice, Environmental protection, Epidemiology, Eskimos, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Executive departments, Executive orders, Executive reorganization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Food, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Foreign policy, Government information, Government paperwork, Government statistics, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Guam, Hawaii, Hawaiians, Health facilities, Health information systems, Health insurance, Health planning, Health policy, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Hospital care, Hospital rates, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Illiteracy, Immigrant health, Immigrants, Immigration, Indian education, Indian medical care, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Labeling, Language and languages, Marriage counseling, Marshall Islands, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical education, Medical records, Medical research, Medical residents, Medical screening, Medical statistics, Medical tests, Medically uninsured, Medicare, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicine, Mental health services, Micronesia, Minorities, Minorities in medicine, Minority education, Minority health, Northern Mariana Islands, Nutrition, Oceania, Pacific Islanders, Palau Islands, Pharmaceutical research, Poor children, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Psychotherapy, Public health personnel, Public hospitals, Puerto Rico, Rural affairs, Rural health, Scholarships, Science policy, Scientists, Social services, Student loan funds, Technology, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Territories (U.S.), Translating and interpreting, Virgin Islands, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 06/24/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. 7/12/2007--Introduced. Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Robert T. Matsui Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health Care.Provides for health care workforce diversity activities, including the establishment of: (1) a technical clearinghouse on health workforce diversity; and (2) Regional Minority Centers of Excellence Programs.Requires health-related programs of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data on race, ethnicity, and primary language.Directs each federal health agency to implement a strategic plan to eliminate disparities and improve the health and health care of minority populations. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) an Office of Health Disparities within the Office of Civil Rights; and (2) civil rights [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Access to health care, Afghanistan, Armed forces, Children, Comprehensive health care, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Counseling, Criminal justice, Day care, Defense policy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Employee training, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal employees, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Homeless, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Job training, Marriage counseling, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medicine, Mental health, Mental health services, Mental illness, Middle East and North Africa, Military occupation, Military operations, Minorities, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Preventive medicine, Psychotherapy, Public contracts, Quality of care, Rape, Reproduction, Science policy, Social services, South Asia, Trauma care, Veterans, Veterans' medical care, Women, Women veterans, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 12/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 11/7/2007--Introduced. Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) conduct a long-term epidemiological study on the health of women veterans who served on active duty in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; (2) assess barriers encountered by women veterans to the provision by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of comprehensive health care; (3) assess all health care services and programs provided by the VA for women veterans; (4) provide training for mental health professionals who provide counseling to women veterans suffering from sexual trauma; (5) develop a plan for the identification, development, and dissemination of treatments for post-traumatic [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural colleges, Agricultural diversification, Agricultural education, Agricultural experiment stations, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural research, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Animal diseases, Animals, Aquaculture, Authorization, Barley, Biological warfare, Biomass energy, Biotechnology, Budgets, Business, Carbon cycle, Children, Colleges, Counterterrorism, Department of Agriculture, Diesel motor, Disabled, Distance education, District of Columbia, Economic policy, Education, Energy, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Entrepreneurs, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Farmers, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Food, Food stamps, Foreign policy, Foreign students, Forestry, Forestry research, Genetics, Government procurement, Graduate education, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Indian education, Indians, International affairs, International competitiveness, International education, Land use, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Minority education, Natural resources, Nutrition, Oils and fats, Organic farming, Pest control, Plant diseases, Public contracts, Range management, Refuse as fuel, Research and development, Research centers, Research grants, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Scholarships, Science policy, Scientific education, Scientific instruments and apparatus, Security measures, Self-help devices for the disabled, Solid wastes, State and local government, State laws, Sustainable agriculture, Technology, Telecommunication, Terrorism, Tourism, Trade, Transportation, Veterinary medicine, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Welfare, Wheat, Youth services
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1106-1107) Bill TextTo reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs, to establish the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture as an independent agency reporting to and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Creating Research Extension and Teaching Excellence for the 21st Century Act of 2007 or CREATE-21 Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture, which shall be located in Washington, DC. Transfers specified authorities of the Department of Agriculture and other authorities to the Institutes. Sets forth organizational and funding provisions. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to repeal authority for the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. Eliminates specified funding provisions respecting agricultural research [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Alaska, Asian American ethnic groups, Blacks, Boundaries, Budgets, Child health, Children, Clinical trials, Clinics, College administration, Commemorations, Communications, Community health services, Congressional reporting requirements, Diabetes, Diet, Education, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Epidemiology, Exercise, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Food, Genetic research, Health counseling, Health education, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Hospital administration, Indian education, Indian medical care, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Laboratories, Latin America, Medical care, Medical education, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical laboratories, Medical personnel, Medical research, Medical supplies, Medicine, Mentoring, Mexico, Minorities, Minorities in medicine, Minority children, Minority health, Nursing homes, Nutrition, Obesity, Pacific Islanders, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Preventive medicine, Public health personnel, Public service advertising, Quality of care, Research grants, Scholarships, School administration, Science policy, Special days, Special weeks, Sports, Student loan funds, Teachers, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. 5/8/2007--Introduced. Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to: (1) conduct, coordinate, and support research and other activities with respect to pre-diabetes and diabetes in minority populations; and (2) conduct and support programs to treat diabetes in minority populations. Requires the Director of NIH, through the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to provide for: (1) health care professionals' mentoring; and (2) minority health professionals' participation in diabetes-focused [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Aged, AIDS (Disease), Alaska, American studies, Asian American ethnic groups, Black colleges, Boundaries, Budgets, Building construction, Cancer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Child health, Children, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Clinics, Communications, Community health services, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Data banks, Department of Health and Human Services, Discrimination in medical care, Drug approvals, Education, Electronic data interchange, Environmental assessment, Environmental health, Environmental justice, Environmental protection, Epidemiology, Eskimos, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Executive departments, Executive orders, Executive reorganization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Food, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Foreign policy, Government information, Government paperwork, Government statistics, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Guam, Hawaii, Hawaiians, Health facilities, Health information systems, Health insurance, Health planning, Health policy, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Hospital care, Hospital rates, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Illiteracy, Immigrant health, Immigrants, Immigration, Indian education, Indian medical care, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Labeling, Language and languages, Marriage counseling, Marshall Islands, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical education, Medical records, Medical research, Medical residents, Medical screening, Medical statistics, Medical tests, Medically uninsured, Medicare, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicine, Mental health services, Micronesia, Minorities, Minorities in medicine, Minority education, Minority health, Northern Mariana Islands, Nutrition, Oceania, Pacific Islanders, Palau Islands, Pharmaceutical research, Poor children, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Psychotherapy, Public health personnel, Public hospitals, Puerto Rico, Rural affairs, Rural health, Scholarships, Science policy, Scientists, Social services, Student loan funds, Technology, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Territories (U.S.), Translating and interpreting, Virgin Islands, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 06/24/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. 7/12/2007--Introduced. Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Robert T. Matsui Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health Care.Provides for health care workforce diversity activities, including the establishment of: (1) a technical clearinghouse on health workforce diversity; and (2) Regional Minority Centers of Excellence Programs.Requires health-related programs of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data on race, ethnicity, and primary language.Directs each federal health agency to implement a strategic plan to eliminate disparities and improve the health and health care of minority populations. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) an Office of Health Disparities within the Office of Civil Rights; and (2) civil rights [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Aged, Budgets, Communication in medicine, Communications, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Curricula, Data banks, Drug therapy, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Federal aid to health facilities, Geriatrics, Government publicity, Health education, Health facilities, Health information systems, Health planning, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Hospital care, Job training, Law, Medical care, Medical personnel, Medical statistics, Medical technology, Medical tests, Medicine, Neurology, Paramedical personnel, Planning, Preventive medicine, Public contracts, Public service advertising, Quality of care, Standards, State and local government, Stroke, Technology
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. 4/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish and evaluate a grant program to enable states or consortia of states to develop stroke care systems; (2) foster the development of systems of stroke care through total quality improvement of health systems providing primary stroke prevention and identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals who experience a stroke; (3) provide a state, consortia of states, and local agencies technical assistance; and (4) collaborate with appropriate medical and health professional associations to disseminate evidence-based practices on stroke systems of care. Authorizes the Secretary to award [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Business education, Clinics, Communication in medicine, Communication in science, Communications, Community health services, Curricula, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Food, Government information, Government publicity, Health education, Health planning, Health policy, Higher education, Hospitals, Labor, Lifestyle, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medicine, Nonprofit organizations, Nursing education, Nutrition, Occupational health and safety, Performance measurement, Planning-programming-budgeting, Policy sciences, Politics and government, Preventive medicine, Psychology, Research centers, Research grants, Scholarships, School health programs, Science policy, Scientific education, Social services, Social work, Teacher salaries, Transportation, Transportation research, Urban affairs, Urban planning
Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide for increased planning and funding for health promotion programs of the Department of Health and Human Services. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act or the Health Promotion FIRST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for health promotion that includes coordinating the health promotion activities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and addressing how best to: (1) develop the basic and applied science of health promotion; (2) synthesize and disseminate health promotion research; (3) support the health promotion community; and (4) modify or develop resources, policies, structure, and legislation to integrate health promotion into all health professions and sectors of society.Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning health promotion and disease prevention. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the powers of the federal government should be utilized to: (1) enhance the science base required to fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention; and (2) explore how strategies can integrate lifestyle improvement programs into national policy, health care workplaces, families, and communities.
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