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HEALTH Act of 2021

Introduced: October 5, 2021 Introduced by: Hudson, Richard Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 6, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
Oct 6, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 6, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Oct 5, 2021
Introduced in House
Oct 5, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Emergencies Are Literally Tenets of HHS Act of 2021 or the HEALTH Act of 2021

This bill expands the authorities and responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with respect to federal responses to public health and other emergencies and the Strategic National Stockpile.

Specifically, the bill expands the responsibility of HHS to lead federal public health and medical responses to expressly include national disasters or emergencies declared under presidential authorities.

Additionally, the bill provides authority for HHS to deploy the Strategic National Stockpile in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), rather than as required by DHS.

What's happening now October 6, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Crenshaw, Dan
Texas · Oct 5, 2021
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 5, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5488: HEALTH Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5488/
MLA
"H.R. 5488: HEALTH Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5488/.
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H.R. 5488, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5488/.
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[H.R. 5488: HEALTH Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5488/)
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