US Congress Senate Bill 523 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions to address the potential impacts of climate change on public health. Specifically, HHS must develop a strategic action plan and a climate and health program to ensure the public health and health care systems in the United States and other nations are prepared for, and can respond to, the impacts of climate change on health. The bill directs HHS to revise the plan periodically to reflect new scientific developments and information. HHS must establish a permanent science advisory board to provide (1) scientific and technical recommendations on the impacts of climate change on public health, and (2) advice for purposes of issuing the plan and conducting the program.

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1243 (Related) 2019-02-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/523/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s523/BILLS-116s523is.pdf