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HR 5511 115th Congress House

Healthy Communities Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require that the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force on the effectiveness, appropriat… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require that the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force on the effectiveness, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of clinical preventive services be based on data for the respective populations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 13, 2018 Introduced by: Evans, Dwight Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Health Health care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth promotion and preventive careMinority health
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 13, 2018
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 Latest action April 13, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Communities Act of 2018

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to base recommendations regarding the effectiveness, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of clinical preventive services on data for the respective populations, including health disparity populations. (Health disparity populations have a significant disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, or survival rates as compared to the general population.)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5511: Healthy Communities Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5511/
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"H.R. 5511: Healthy Communities Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5511/.
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H.R. 5511, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5511/.
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