Bill > S3850

Introduced Session

A bill to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect and report certain data concerning COVID-19. This bill establishes the Commission on Ensuring Health Equity During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and adds reporting requirements for certain demographic data related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other activities, the commission must (1) determine approaches to using data to reduce demographic disparities in COVID-19 prevalence and outcomes, and (2) submit findings and recommendations to Congress on a specified timeline until the end of the public health emergency. During the public health emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publish, and update daily, data on COVID-19 testing, treatment, and outcomes that is disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and other demographic characteristics on the CDC website. In addition, the Indian Health Service shall consult with tribes with respect to COVID-19 data collection and reporting. The Department of Health and Human Services must make a summary of final statistics related to COVID-19 publicly available and report specified information to Congress within 60 days of the end of the public health emergency.

Committee Categories

Elizabeth Warren (D)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Cory Booker (D),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Ben Cardin (D),  Tom Carper (D),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Dick Durbin (D),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Kamala Harris (D),  Tim Kaine (D),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Ed Markey (D),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Gary Peters (D),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Bernie Sanders (I),  Debbie Stabenow (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Mark Warner (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D),  Ron Wyden (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 06/01/2020)

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