Title: How Awareness and Prevention Protect You Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
How Awareness and Prevention Protect You Act
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to undertake a public awareness campaign to increase knowledge of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), including the signs and symptoms of the disease and strategies to prevent transmission of the virus that causes it.
The CDC must partner with community and faith-based organizations to carry out the campaign, which must be multilingual, culturally appropriate, and target populations with a high risk of contracting COVID-19.


[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7732 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7732

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
  the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
 carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of 
                    the virus that causes COVID-19.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2020

  Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Norton, Mrs. 
Davis of California, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Meng, 
   Mr. Pappas, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Shalala, Ms. 
  Scanlon, Ms. Brownley of California, and Mr. Mfume) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
  the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
 carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of 
                    the virus that causes COVID-19.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``How Awareness and Prevention Protect 
You Act''.

SEC. 2. COVID-19 PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall 
carry out a national awareness campaign to increase factual awareness 
and knowledge of the virus that causes COVID-19.
    (b) Content.--The campaign under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) create awareness of the signs and symptoms of the virus 
        that causes COVID-19, including transmission with respect to an 
        asymptomatic individual;
            (2) provide scientific information on the transmission and 
        detection of the virus that causes COVID-19, including--
                    (A) the differences (including degrees of risk) 
                between transmission through droplets, aerosolization, 
                and inanimate objects;
                    (B) the risk of contracting the virus that causes 
                COVID-19 at health care facilities and other facilities 
                that treat individuals with COVID-19;
                    (C) the benefits of health care workers using 
                personal protective equipment;
                    (D) the tests used to determine if an individual--
                            (i) has been infected by the virus that 
                        causes COVID-19; and
                            (ii) is infected by such virus at the time 
                        of the test; and
                    (E) the strategies used by Federal, State, and 
                local governments to reduce the transmission of COVID-
                19;
            (3) provide strategies for preventing transmission of 
        COVID-19 in the home and at work, including best practices with 
        respect to--
                    (A) wearing and removing face masks, face 
                coverings, and gloves;
                    (B) physical distancing in outdoor and indoor 
                spaces;
                    (C) disinfecting surfaces with appropriate cleaning 
                products; and
                    (D) isolating a household member who is suspected 
                or confirmed of contracting COVID-19; and
            (4) improve public understanding with respect to how an 
        infectious disease develops into a public health threat, 
        including--
                    (A) the need for a vaccine and method of treatment;
                    (B) factors that contribute to the transmission of 
                an infectious disease in the population; and
                    (C) factors that may contribute to scientific 
                uncertainty with respect to the transmission of an 
                infectious disease.
    (c) Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) ensure the campaign under subsection (a)--
                    (A) contains multilingual and culturally 
                appropriate information and distribution strategies;
                    (B) contains information that is updated on a 
                monthly basis; and
                    (C) is targeted toward communities and populations 
                that are at a high risk of contracting COVID-19 (as 
                determined by the Secretary); and
            (2) partner with community- and faith-based organizations.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $130,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023.
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