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HR 6402 112th Congress House

Surveillance, Tracking, Observation, and Prevention of Obesity Act of 2012

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to 10 States for demonstration projects for the expansion of State registries on childhood immunizat… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to 10 States for demonstration projects for the expansion of State registries on childhood immunization or health to include data on body mass index (BMI), collected and submitted to the State by health care providers.

Introduced: September 13, 2012 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthDigestive and metabolic diseasesGovernment information and archivesHealth information and medical recordsNutrition and diet
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Sep 14, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 13, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 13, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 14, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Surveillance, Tracking, Observation, and Prevention of Obesity Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make demonstration project grants for the expansion of state registries on childhood immunization or health to include data on body mass index collected and submitted by health care providers.

Requires the Secretary to study and report on the demonstration projects, including an analysis of their effectiveness.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6402: Surveillance, Tracking, Observation, and Prevention of Obesity Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6402/
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"H.R. 6402: Surveillance, Tracking, Observation, and Prevention of Obesity Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6402/.
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H.R. 6402, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6402/.
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