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9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007

Introduced: January 4, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 4, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to eligible entities to provide medical and mental health monitoring, tracking, and treatment to individuals whose health has been directly impacted as a result of the attacks on New York City and at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Includes as eligible individuals firefighters, police officers, paramedics, workers, volunteers, residents, and any other individual who worked at Ground Zero, Fresh Kills (recovery site on Staten Island), or the Pentagon or lived or worked in the vicinity of such areas, whose health has deteriorated as a result of the attacks, and who has been evaluated by a physician or mental health professional for 9/11-related health conditions and needs treatment for such conditions. Sets the order of priority for individuals covered under this Act.

What's happening now January 4, 2007

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1414 Related bill 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007
  • S 201 Related bill 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jan 4, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 120: 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-120/
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"S. 120: 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-120/.
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S. 120, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-120/.
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