Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act

Summary

Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act This bill provides annual funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen core public health infrastructure. Core public health infrastructure includes the elements and workforce capabilities that enable health departments to perform critical functions such as disease surveillance and emergency response. Specifically, the CDC must award grants to health departments for their core infrastructure needs. In addition, the CDC must support the development of accreditation standards for health departments that emphasize core public health infrastructure. Health departments must meet those (or similar) standards as a condition of receiving grants beginning in FY2025. The CDC must also take steps to expand and improve its own public health infrastructure.

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Timeline

1. 10 March 2021

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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2. 10 March 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 10 March 2021 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Patty Murray · D · Sponsor
• Michael Bennet · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Elizabeth Warren · D · Sponsor
• John Reed · D · Sponsor
• Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
• Richard Blumenthal · D · Sponsor
• Edward Markey · D · Sponsor
• Brian Schatz · D · Sponsor
• Tammy Baldwin · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Tina Smith · D · Sponsor
• Tammy Duckworth · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
• Chris Van Hollen · D · Sponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
• Jacky Rosen · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
• Kirsten Gillibrand · D · Sponsor
• Jeanne Shaheen · D · Cosponsor
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