HR 666
112th Congress
House
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Birth Certificate Enhancement Act of 2011
Introduced: February 11, 2011
Introduced by:
Cohen, Steve
Democratic
· Tennessee
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 18, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 11, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 11, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Birth Certificate Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the National Center for Health Statistics, to provide such funds as may be necessary to support states in implementing the most recent versions of the Standard Certificate of Live Birth, the Standard Certificate of Death, and the Standard Report of Fetal Death and purchasing data from these vital records. Requires the Secretary to give priority to collecting statistics on infant mortality.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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