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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4313 

To establish a grant program for purposes of providing training to physicians 

on the health effects of exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 

substances. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2020 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program for purposes of providing training to physicians on the health effects of exposure to 

perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Physician Education 

5 on PFAS Health Impacts Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING OF PHYSICIANS 

2 ON PFAS. 

3 Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 399V–7. GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING OF PHYSI7 CIANS ON PFAS. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

9 grants to eligible entities for the purpose of developing 

10 courses for physicians or other medical practitioners to in11 form such physicians and medical practitioners about the 

12 impact of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance ex13 posure on health outcomes and best practices for patients 

14 who have been exposed to such substances. 

15 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

16 a grant under this section, and entity shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) be— 

18 ‘‘(A) a national or State medical organiza19 tion or other organization that provides edu20 cational courses to health care providers; or 

21 ‘‘(B) an institution of medical research or 

22 a clinical researcher at such an institution of 

23 medical research; 

24 ‘‘(2) have expertise in clinical conditions or dis25 eases that are related or exacerbated by 

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1 sure, experience in environmental health, and other 

2 expertise and experience as the Secretary determines 

3 appropriate; 

4 ‘‘(3) commit to gathering input from patients 

5 and clinicians when developing the training courses, 

6 as the Secretary determines appropriate; and 

7 ‘‘(4) submit an application to the Secretary at 

8 such time, in such manner, and containing such in9 formation as the Secretary may require. 

10 ‘‘(c) REPORTING.— 

11 ‘‘(1) GRANTEE REPORTING TO THE SEC12 RETARY.—Each recipient of a grant under this sec13 tion shall annually report to the Secretary, in a form 

14 and manner determined by the Secretary, on train15 ing materials developed through use of funds award16 ed under the grant. Each such report shall include 

17 any findings or recommendations that the grantees 

18 have determined should be included in physician or 

19 medical practitioner training. 

20 ‘‘(2) HHS DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.— 

21 Each year, not later than 90 days after receiving the 

22 reports from grant recipients under paragraph (1), 

23 the Secretary shall disseminate to the public a sum24 mary of findings and recommendations that are inVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:03 Aug 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4313.IS S4313

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1 cluded in the material provided under such para2 graph (1). 

3 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘PFAS’ 

4 means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with 

5 at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 

6 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

7 carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro8 priated $500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 

9 through 2025, to remain available until expended.’’. 

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