S 2297
118th Congress
Senate
Health
Parity for Public Health Service Ready Reserve Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 13, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 13, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Parity for Public Health Service Ready Reserve Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Ready Reserve Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS). It also extends educational assistance, medical benefits, leave allowances, and other benefits that apply to the reserve components of the armed forces to the Ready Reserve Corps. (The Ready Reserve Corps is comprised of trained health care and public health personnel that may be deployed alongside active-duty officers of the USPHS to respond to health emergencies and improve access to health services.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1