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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 120 

To establish a grant program for individuals still suffering health effects 

as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City 

and at the Pentagon. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MENENDEZ, 

and Mr. LAUTENBERG) 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 individuals still suffering 

health effects as a result of the September 11, 2001, 

attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon. 

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 ‘‘9/11 Heroes Health 

5 Improvement Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR 9/11-RELATED HEALTH CARE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

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1 retary’’), acting through the Director of the Centers for 

2 Disease Control and Prevention, shall award grants to eli3 gible entities to provide medical and mental health moni4 toring, tracking, and treatment to individuals whose 

5 health has been directly impacted as a result of the attacks 

6 on New York City and at the Pentagon on September 11, 

7 2001. 

8 (b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

10 grant under subsection (a), an entity shall— 

11 (A) be an entity— 

12 (i) that serves individuals described in 

13 subsection (a), including— 

14 (I) entities providing baseline and 

15 follow-up screening, clinical examina16 tions, or long-term medical or mental 

17 health monitoring, analysis, or treat18 ment to such individuals such as the 

19 Mount Sinai Center for Occupational 

20 and Environmental Medicine of New 

21 York City, the New York City Fire 

22 Department’s Bureau of Health Serv23 ices and Counseling Services Unit, the 

24 New York City Police Foundation’s 

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1 tion Providing Peer Assistance of New 

2 York City, and the New York City 

3 Department of Health and Mental 

4 Hygiene’s World Trade Center Health 

5 Registry; and 

6 (II) any entity performing med7 ical and mental health monitoring, 

8 tracking, or treatment of any indi9 vidual that responded to the attacks 

10 at the Pentagon; or 

11 (ii) an entity not described in clause 

12 (i) that provides similar services to the in13 dividuals described in such clause; and 

14 (B) submit to the Secretary an application 

15 at such time, in such manner, and containing 

16 such information as the Secretary may require. 

17 (2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—Individuals eligi18 ble to receive assistance from an entity under a 

19 grant under this section shall include firefighters, 

20 police officers, paramedics, workers, volunteers, resi21 dents, and any other individual who worked at 

22 Ground Zero, Fresh Kills, or the Pentagon or who 

23 lived or worked in the vicinity of such areas, and 

24 whose health has deteriorated as a result of the at25 tacks described in subsection (a), and who have been 


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1 evaluated by a physician or mental health profes2 sional for 9/11-related health conditions and need 

3 treatment for such conditions. 

4 (c) PRIORITY IN AWARDING ASSISTANCE.—An eligi5 ble entity that receives a grant under this section shall 

6 use amounts provided under such grant to provide assist7 ance to individuals in the following order of priority: 

8 (1) Individuals who are not covered under 

9 health insurance coverage. 

10 (2) Individuals who need health care assistance 

11 beyond what their health insurance coverage pro12 vides. 

13 (3) Individuals with insufficient health care in14 surance coverage. 

15 (4) Individuals who are in need of health care 

16 coverage and who are not described in any of para17 graphs (1) through (3). 

18 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

19 of enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Di20 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

21 shall submit to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the 

22 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and 

23 the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, a 

24 report on the use of funds under this section. 

25 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

2 appropriated to carry out this section, 

3 $1,914,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

4 (2) STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION.—The Sec5 retary may use not to exceed $10,000,000 of the 

6 amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for staff7 ing and administrative expenses related to the imple8 mentation of this section. 

9 (3) USE OF OTHER FUNDS.—The Secretary 

10 may use any funds appropriated to the Department 

11 of Health and Human Services, or any other funds 

12 specifically designated, to carry out this section. 

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