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This bill, the Green New Deal for Health Act, would establish a whole-of-government and whole-of-health approach to addressing the impacts of climate change on health. Key provisions include: - Creating an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity within the Department of Health and Human Services to facilitate a federal response to the health impacts of climate change, including developing a national strategic action plan. - Requiring hospitals to provide 90-day notice before discontinuing essential services or fully closing, and allowing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to work with hospitals to develop alternative mitigation plans. - Providing grants to build climate-resilient medical facilities and fund planning for sustainability and resilience projects. - Regulating climate risk disclosure for medical supplies and establishing a Council on Green Health Care Manufacturing to support a sustainable, zero-emission medical supply chain. - Funding education and training programs at health profession schools on the health risks of climate change, and expanding the community health worker workforce to address climate-related health threats. - Establishing a grant program to support community mental wellness and resilience programs, and requiring Medicare coverage for medically necessary home resiliency services. - Creating a National Climate and Health Research and Innovation Initiative to support research on the health impacts of climate change and develop sustainable health care practices.

Health and Social Services

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