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HR 6520 117th Congress House

Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2022

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an automated supply chain tracking application that provides near real-time insight into the… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an automated supply chain tracking application that provides near real-time insight into the amount of critical medical and health supplies available in the Strategic National Stockpile.

Introduced: August 5, 2022 Introduced by: Gottheimer, Josh Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Jan 31, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 28, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 28, 2022
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 Latest action January 31, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop an automated application to track the amount of supplies in the Strategic National Stockpile and in similar inventories maintained by states, tribes, territories, and private entities (e.g., hospitals).

Additionally, HHS must (1) provide for an annual exercise to test the effectiveness of the application, and (2) establish a program to assist health care entities in obtaining automated vendor management systems.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 4 Republican 4
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Oct 11, 2022
 R
Kim, Young
California · Oct 11, 2022
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Sep 14, 2022
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Aug 5, 2022
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 28, 2022
O'Halleran, Tom
· Mar 8, 2022
 R
Balderson, Troy
Ohio · Jan 28, 2022
Bourdeaux, Carolyn
· Jan 28, 2022
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Jan 28, 2022
McKinley, David
· Jan 28, 2022
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jan 28, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6520: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6520/
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"H.R. 6520: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6520/.
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