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ETHIC Act

Introduced: September 11, 2020 Introduced by: Castor, Kathy Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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Sep 16, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Sep 11, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 11, 2020
Introduced in House
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Ensuring Transparent Honest Information on COVID-19 Act or the ETHIC Act

This bill retroactively requires states and other jurisdictions to report specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a condition of receiving certain COVID-19 funding. It also directs the CDC and others to take additional actions to address public health data systems, public health infrastructure, and health disparities.

Specifically, the bill directs the CDC to improve its data systems, develop relevant data and technology systems, and expand its public health infrastructure. The CDC must also award grants to government health departments to modernize their data systems, infrastructure, and collection of health disparities data.

Furthermore, the Department of Health and Human Services must commission a study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on public health data infrastructure, and the Indian Health Service must, as advised by a panel of tribal representatives, conduct research on health inequities among tribal populations, including inequities related to COVID-19.

What's happening now September 16, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5321 Related bill Public Health Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2019
  • S 1793 Related bill Saving Lives Through Better Data Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
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Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Sep 11, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8205: ETHIC Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8205/
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"H.R. 8205: ETHIC Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8205/.
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