S 1944
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Appropriations
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Public Health Funding Restoration Act
Introduced: June 24, 2019
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 24, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Public Health Funding Restoration Act
This bill increases annual funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). (The PPHF assets are distributed to various agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services to (1) conduct community and clinical prevention initiatives, (2) research and track public health threats, (3) develop the public health infrastructure, and (4) other initiatives.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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