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HR 5335 108th Congress House

Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Coordinated Environmental Health Network, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 8, 2004 Introduced by: Pelosi, Nancy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1902-1903)
Oct 8, 2004
Introduced in House
Oct 8, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 8, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action October 11, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1902-1903)

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Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and operate the Coordinated Environmental Health Network (the Network), including by: (1) identifying, expanding, and coordinating among existing Federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) providing for public access to an electronic national database on the incidence and prevalence of specified priority chronic conditions and relevant environmental and other factors; (3) operating a National Environmental Health Rapid Response Service to develop strategies to rapidly respond to, and conduct investigations of, higher than expected incidence and prevalence rates of priority chronic conditions and environmental exposures; (4) awarding grants to States, local governments, territories, and Indian tribes to establish, maintain, and operate State Environmental Health Networks; (5) developing minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting for State Networks, including mechanisms for allowing States to set priorities and allocate resources accordingly; (6) establishing an Advisory Committee for the Network; (7) awarding John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students who are enrolled in an accredited school of public health or medicine; and (8) entering into a cooperative agreement with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in State and local health departments.

Allows the Secretary to award grants to accredited schools or programs of public health to establish, maintain, and operate Centers of Excellence for research and demonstration with respect to chronic conditions and relevant environmental factors, which may include investigating causal connections between chronic conditions and environmental factors.

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