Bill > S523

Introduced Session

A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategic action plan and program to assist health professionals and systems in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change, and for other purposes. This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions to address the potential impacts of climate change on public health. Specifically, HHS must develop a strategic action plan and a climate and health program to ensure the public health and health care systems in the United States and other nations are prepared for, and can respond to, the impacts of climate change on health. The bill directs HHS to revise the plan periodically to reflect new scientific developments and information. HHS must establish a permanent science advisory board to provide (1) scientific and technical recommendations on the impacts of climate change on public health, and (2) advice for purposes of issuing the plan and conducting the program.

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Ed Markey (D)*,  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Kamala Harris (D),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Brian Schatz (D),  Elizabeth Warren (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 02/14/2019)

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