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S 2942 113th Congress Senate Health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act

Introduced: November 19, 2014 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 19, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in an emergency or significant potential emergency which involves a specific infectious disease that requires the isolation and specialized treatment of patients, to award grants to states to improve surge capacity at hospitals designated by the state and enhance community and hospital preparedness. Allows HHS to award additional grants to compensate designated hospitals for unreimbursed costs for treating infectious disease patients or for damages for lost business activity or lost services attributable to the treatment of those patients.

What's happening now November 19, 2014

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

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