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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3098 

To provide for a national public health education campaign, grant program, 

and task force for recommended preventive health care services during 

the COVID–19 pandemic and future pandemics. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 28, 2021 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. ROUNDS, Ms. 

ROSEN, Mr. THUNE, and Ms. SMITH) introduced the following bill; which 

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

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To provide for a national public health education campaign, 

grant program, and task force for recommended preventive health care services during the COVID–19 pandemic 

and future pandemics. 

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 ‘‘Preventive Care 

5 Awareness Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN. 

2 The Secretary of Health and Human Services (re3 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in collabora4 tion with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

5 and Prevention, the Surgeon General, and the Adminis6 trator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

7 shall undertake a coordinated, focused national public 

8 health education effort to enhance access by individuals 

9 and providers to accurate, evidence-based health informa10 tion about preventive health care, with particular consider11 ation for decreasing disparities in utilization of rec12 ommended preventive health care services by reaching 

13 rural and underserved communities who have delayed or 

14 forgone receiving recommended clinical preventive health 

15 care services during the COVID–19 pandemic. 

16 SEC. 3. COVID–19 PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE GRANT PRO17 GRAM. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of increasing pa19 tient uptake of recommended clinical preventive health 

20 care services during the COVID–19 pandemic, the Sec21 retary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Dis22 ease Control and Prevention, shall award grants on a non23 competitive basis to States, localities, territories, Indian 

24 Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban Indian health organi25 zations, and health service providers to Indian Tribes, with 

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1 zation of such preventive health care services by reaching 

2 individuals in geographically diverse rural and under3 served communities who have delayed or forgone receiving 

4 recommended clinical preventive health care services dur5 ing the COVID–19 pandemic. 

6 (b) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall issue grant 

7 guidance on the administration of the grant program 

8 under paragraph (1), including with respect to permitted 

9 uses of funds and eligibility requirements. 

10 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

11 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

12 $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 and 2023. 

13 SEC. 4. TASK FORCE ON PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE DUR14 ING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES. 

15 (a) TASK FORCE ON PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE IN

16 RESPONSE TO THE COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMER17 GENCY.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health 

19 and Human Services (referred to in this section as 

20 the ‘‘Secretary’’), in collaboration with the Director 

21 of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

22 and the Administrator of the Health Resources and 

23 Services Administration, shall convene a task force 

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1 ventive health care during the COVID–19 pandemic 

2 and future pandemics. 

3 (2) DUTIES.—The task force established under 

4 paragraph (1) shall develop, publicly post, and up5 date Federal recommendations in multiple languages 

6 to promote preventive health care visits and improve 

7 health outcomes during and after the COVID–19 

8 pandemic and during future pandemics, with par9 ticular consideration for outcomes of rural or under10 served communities. Such recommendations shall— 

11 (A) address, with particular attention to 

12 ensuring equitable services, reducing disparities 

13 in health outcomes, and promoting culturally 

14 and linguistically appropriate care— 

15 (i) measures to facilitate preventive 

16 health care; 

17 (ii) strategies to increase access to 

18 care for individuals at high risk or with 

19 elevated risk factors; 

20 (iii) how to identify, address, and 

21 treat mental and behavioral health condi22 tions, such as anxiety, substance use dis23 order, and depression, which may have 

24 arisen or increased during the COVID–19 

25 pandemic; 


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1 (iv) strategies to address provision of 

2 preventative health care services given hos3 pital capacity concerns in communities 

4 with a surge in COVID–19 cases and to 

5 provide individuals with options that re6 duce potential for cross-contamination, 

7 lessen disruption to providing common 

8 health services and preventive health care, 

9 and increase the ability to implement pa10 tient care preferences while maintaining 

11 safety and quality; and 

12 (v) such other matters as the task 

13 force determines appropriate; 

14 (B) identify barriers to the implementation 

15 of the recommendations; 

16 (C) take into consideration existing State 

17 programs and other programs that have dem18 onstrated effectiveness in promoting preventive 

19 health care during the COVID–19 pandemic, 

20 for purposes of future public health emer21 gencies; and 

22 (D) identify policies specific to COVID–19 

23 that, as a public health emergency abates, can 

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1 essary, as well as policies that should be contin2 ued. 

3 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force established 

4 under paragraph (1) shall be comprised of the fol5 lowing: 

6 (A) One representative of each of the fol7 lowing: 

8 (i) The Secretary of Health and 

9 Human Services. 

10 (ii) The Director of the Centers for 

11 Disease Control and Prevention. 

12 (iii) The Administrator of the Health 

13 Resources and Services Administration. 

14 (iv) The Administrator of the Sub15 stance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

16 Administration. 

17 (v) The Administrator of the Centers 

18 for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 

19 (vi) The Director of the Agency for 

20 Healthcare Research and Quality. 

21 (vii) The Director of the Indian 

22 Health Service. 

23 (viii) The Director of the Office of Mi24 nority Health. 


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1 (ix) The Director of the Office on 

2 Women’s Health. 

3 (x) The Assistant Secretary for Pre4 paredness and Response. 

5 (B) Such other members as the Secretary 

6 of Health and Human Services determines ap7 propriate. 

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