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Poison Center Network Act

Introduced: November 18, 2013 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Dec 19, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281.
Dec 19, 2013
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin without amendment. Without written report.
Dec 18, 2013
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 18, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 18, 2013
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Poison Center Network Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2019: (1) a poison control nationwide-toll free phone number; and (2) a national media campaign to educate the public and health care providers about poison prevention and the availability of poison control center resources in local communities and to conduct advertising campaigns about the nationwide toll-free number.

Revises and reauthorizes through FY2019 a grant program for accredited (currently, certified) poison control centers. Allows grant funds to be used to research, improve, and enhance the communications and response capability and capacity of the poison control centers to facilitate increased access to such centers through the integration and modernization of communications and data systems.

What's happening now December 19, 2013

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2