US HB8073 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on August 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on August 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take certain actions with respect to reporting and modeling COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) data. It also requires health information technology, as a condition of certification by HHS, to automatically generate and transmit reports of possible reportable conditions from electronic health records to public health agencies. The CDC must standardize the reporting of COVID-19 data by governmental health departments, including information related to contact tracing and surveillance, hospital admissions and outcomes, outbreaks, and community compliance with preventive measures. The CDC must also post and periodically update this information on its website. In addition, the CDC must provide sufficient information about federal COVID-19 models to allow them to be reproduced, and HHS must enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study issues related to COVID-19 modeling, including the data sources used in the models. The CDC must also deliver a weekly televised presentation that is open to the media on its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication that reports surveillance statistics and other public health information and recommendations.
Title
Improving COVID–19 Data Transparency Act
Sponsors
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA] | Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL] | Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA] | Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA] |
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA] | Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA] | Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP] | Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ] |
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ] | Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL] | Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI] | Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN] |
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN] | Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-08-21 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
2020-08-21 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HB7674 (Related) 2020-07-20 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Health and Human Services
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Health
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Hospital care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Meat
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
News media and reporting
Nursing
State and local government operations
Television and film
Worker safety and health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Health and Human Services
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Health
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Hospital care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Meat
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
News media and reporting
Nursing
State and local government operations
Television and film
Worker safety and health
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8073/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8073/BILLS-116hr8073ih.pdf |