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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3918 

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 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 

Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. KENNEDY) 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 2006’’. 

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

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

8 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec9 retary’’), acting through the Director of the Centers for 


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1 Disease Control and Prevention, shall award grants to eli2 gible entities to provide medical and mental health moni3 toring, tracking, and treatment to individuals whose 

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

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

6 2001. 

7 (b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

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

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

10 (A) be an entity— 

11 (i) that serves individuals described in 

12 subsection (a), including— 

13 (I) entities providing baseline and 

14 follow-up screening, clinical examina15 tions, or long-term medical or mental 

16 health monitoring, analysis, or treat17 ment to such individuals such as the 

18 Mount Sinai Center for Occupational 

19 and Environmental Medicine of New 

20 York City, the New York City Fire 

21 Department’s Bureau of Health Serv22 ices and Counseling Services Unit, the 

23 New York City Police Foundation’s 

24 Project COPE, the Police Organiza25 tion Providing Peer Assistance of New 


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1 York City, and the New York City 

2 Department of Health and Mental 

3 Hygiene’s World Trade Center Health 

4 Registry; and 

5 (II) any entity performing med6 ical and mental health monitoring, 

7 tracking, or treatment of any indi8 vidual that responded to the attacks 

9 at the Pentagon; or 

10 (ii) an entity not described in clause 

11 (i) that provides similar services to the in12 dividuals described in such clause; and 

13 (B) submit to the Secretary an application 

14 at such time, in such manner, and containing 

15 such information as the Secretary may require. 

16 (2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—Individuals eligi17 ble to receive assistance from an entity under a 

18 grant under this section shall include firefighters, 

19 police officers, paramedics, workers, volunteers, resi20 dents, and any other individual who worked at 

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

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

23 whose health has deteriorated as a result of the at24 tacks described in subsection (a), and who have been 

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1 sional for 9/11-related health conditions and need 

2 treatment for such conditions. 

3 (c) PRIORITY IN AWARDING ASSISTANCE.—An eligi4 ble entity that receives a grant under this section shall 

5 use amounts provided under such grant to provide assist6 ance to individuals in the following order of priority: 

7 (1) Individuals who are not covered under 

8 health insurance coverage. 

9 (2) Individuals who need health care assistance 

10 beyond what their health insurance coverage pro11 vides. 

12 (3) Individuals with insufficient health care in13 surance coverage. 

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

15 coverage and who are not described in any of para16 graphs (1) through (3). 

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

18 of enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Di19 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

20 shall submit to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the 

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

22 the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, a 

23 report on the use of funds under this section. 

24 (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 2007 through 2011. 

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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