US HR14

Bill

US HR14

Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act

Introduced
10/30/2020

In Committee
11/02/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

Provides funding for various public health programs and activities and revises multiple provisions, including within the tax code, to respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and otherwise address health outcomes. The bill specifically makes changes to support pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains; prevent diversion of controlled substances; increase access to telehealth services under Medicare; and expand various public health programs to address health disparities, maternal and infant health, and behavioral health.

AI Summary

This bill, called the Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act, aims to increase the federal government's commitment to defeating the COVID-19 virus and preparing for future pandemics. Key provisions of the bill include: - Clarifying the Department of Health and Human Services as the lead agency for the federal public health and medical response to public health emergencies, and expanding the authority of the Secretary of HHS to deploy the Strategic National Stockpile. - Increasing funding and authorities for the Reagan-Udall Foundation and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health to support medical product innovation. - Providing liability protections for volunteer health care professionals serving during a disaster. - Authorizing payments to states to lease hotels to temporarily house individuals who have or are suspected of having COVID-19, in order to reduce the spread of the virus. - Establishing or expanding programs to collect data on suicide incidence among public safety officers, provide peer-support programs for their behavioral health, and develop best practices for addressing post-traumatic stress disorder. - Creating tax incentives to encourage domestic manufacturing of medical products and drugs, including a new tax credit for domestic medical and drug manufacturing. - Expanding Medicare coverage of telehealth services and making certain telehealth flexibilities permanent. - Establishing a pilot program to test integrating substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment locator tools into state prescription drug monitoring programs. The bill aims to strengthen the public health infrastructure, support domestic medical and drug manufacturing, improve access to behavioral health services, and enhance preparedness and response capabilities for COVID-19 and future public health emergencies.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (18)

Richard Hudson (R)*, Kevin McCarthy (R)*, Troy Balderson (R), Gus Bilirakis (R), Kevin Brady (R), Michael Burgess (R), Buddy Carter (R), Dan Crenshaw (R), Kay Granger (R), Brett Guthrie (R), David McKinley (R), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R), Pete Olson (R), John Rutherford (R), David Schweikert (R), Fred Upton (R), Greg Walden (R), Brad Wenstrup (R),

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. (on 11/02/2020)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/14/all-info

(57 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/14/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr14/BILLS-116hr14ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr14/BILLS-116hr14ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR1646	HERO Act Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR2281	Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR3539	Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR3878	Block, Report, And Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related
HR3927	PDMPs Help Patients Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Related
HR4131	Improving Access to Remote Behavioral Health Treatment Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Related
HR4215	Excellence in Maternal Health Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Related
HR4564	Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR4585	Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR4806	DEBAR Act of 2020 Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related
HR4810	Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Related
HR4814	Suspicious Order Identification Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Related
HR4861	Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR4866	National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR4963	SIMSA Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Related
HR4995	Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR5199	ECHO Act of 2019 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Related
HR5321	Public Health Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Related
HR5469	Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR5572	Family Support Services for Addiction Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR5619	Suicide Prevention Act	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR6209	RUSH Act of 2020 Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2020	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Related
HR6516	Stockpiling for America’s Future Endeavors Act of 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR6572	To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of COVID-19.	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR6578	Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR6877	To direct the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to issue a report to Congress regarding all State, local, Tribal, and territorial requests for supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile related to COVID-19, and for other purposes.	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR6935	Protecting the Health of America’s Older Adults During COVID–19 and Beyond Act	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.	Related
HR7147	Creating Resources to Improve Situations of Inherent Severity Act	Subcommittee Hearings Held.	Related
HR7293	STANDUP Act of 2020 Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR7316	To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment or operation of a center to be known as the Emergency Mental Health and Substance Use Training and Technical Assistance Center.	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR7507	State Stockpile Readiness Act of 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR7537	Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Related
HR7555	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to add a new medical research component to the credit for increasing research activities.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Related
HR7556	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make a portion of research credit refundable for certain small businesses engaging in specified medical research.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Related
HR7574	Strengthening America's Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HR7615	To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Related
HR7634	Isolate COVID–19 Act of 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR7767	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for credits against tax for domestic medical and drug manufacturing and advanced medical manufacturing equipment.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.	Related
HR7948	Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.	Related
HR8260	Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Related
HR8479	Essential Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act of 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR8588	Improving the American Drug Supply Chain Act of 2020	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.	Related
HR8605	Community Readiness Act	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR8624	Protecting Access to Innovation During COVID–19 Act	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.	Related
S1350	Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
S2586	MOM Act Maternal Outcomes Matter Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
S2686	Suspicious Order Identification Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related
S2764	SIMSA Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related
S2999	Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Related
S3006	Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
S3198	Suicide Prevention Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S247)	Related
S3244	HERO Act of 2020 Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
S3447	RUSH Act of 2020 Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Related
S3827	Medical Supplies for Pandemics Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
S4039	TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2020 Telemedicine Everywhere Lifting Everyone’s Healthcare Experience And Long Term Health HSA Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Related
S4225	Safeguarding Therapeutics Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
S4562	Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.	Related

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

HR1646

HERO Act Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR2281

Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR3539

Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR3878

Block, Report, And Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HR3927

PDMPs Help Patients Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

HR4131

Improving Access to Remote Behavioral Health Treatment Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

HR4215

Excellence in Maternal Health Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

HR4564

Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR4585

Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR4806

DEBAR Act of 2020 Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HR4810

Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

HR4814

Suspicious Order Identification Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

HR4861

Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR4866

National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR4963

SIMSA Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

HR4995

Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR5199

ECHO Act of 2019 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

HR5321

Public Health Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

HR5469

Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR5572

Family Support Services for Addiction Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR5619

Suicide Prevention Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR6209

RUSH Act of 2020 Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

HR6516

Stockpiling for America’s Future Endeavors Act of 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR6572

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of COVID-19.

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR6578

Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR6877

To direct the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to issue a report to Congress regarding all State, local, Tribal, and territorial requests for supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile related to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR6935

Protecting the Health of America’s Older Adults During COVID–19 and Beyond Act

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

HR7147

Creating Resources to Improve Situations of Inherent Severity Act

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

HR7293

STANDUP Act of 2020 Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR7316

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment or operation of a center to be known as the Emergency Mental Health and Substance Use Training and Technical Assistance Center.

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR7507

State Stockpile Readiness Act of 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR7537

Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HR7555

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to add a new medical research component to the credit for increasing research activities.

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HR7556

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make a portion of research credit refundable for certain small businesses engaging in specified medical research.

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HR7574

Strengthening America's Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HR7615

To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HR7634

Isolate COVID–19 Act of 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR7767

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for credits against tax for domestic medical and drug manufacturing and advanced medical manufacturing equipment.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.

HR7948

Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

HR8260

Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HR8479

Essential Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act of 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR8588

Improving the American Drug Supply Chain Act of 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

HR8605

Community Readiness Act

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HR8624

Protecting Access to Innovation During COVID–19 Act

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

S1350

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S2586

MOM Act Maternal Outcomes Matter Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S2686

Suspicious Order Identification Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

S2764

SIMSA Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

S2999

Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S3006

Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S3198

Suicide Prevention Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S247)

S3244

HERO Act of 2020 Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act of 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S3447

RUSH Act of 2020 Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S3827

Medical Supplies for Pandemics Act of 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S4039

TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2020 Telemedicine Everywhere Lifting Everyone’s Healthcare Experience And Long Term Health HSA Act of 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S4225

Safeguarding Therapeutics Act of 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S4562

Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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