S 5073
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
STOP COVID–19 Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 19, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Set Testing and Objectives Plan for COVID-19 Act or the STOP COVID-19 Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary grant program for local governments that have health departments to carry out testing, contact tracing, and other activities to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). HHS may use unobligated funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for these grants.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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