Health Promotion FIRST Act

Bill: 110-hr-5835
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Business education
Clinics
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Community health services
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Health planning
Health promotion
Higher education
Hospitals
Labor and Employment
Lifestyle
Medical education
Medical research
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing education
Nutrition
Occupational health and safety
Performance measurement
Planning-programming-budgeting
Policy sciences
Preventive medicine
Psychology
Research centers
Research grants
Scholarships
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Social Welfare
Social work
Teacher salaries
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation research
Urban affairs
Urban planning

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act or the Health Promotion FIRST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for health promotion that includes coordinating the health promotion activities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and addressing how best to: (1) develop the basic and applied science of health promotion; (2) synthesize and disseminate health promotion research; (3) support the health promotion community; and (4) modify or develop resources, policies, structure, and legislation to integrate health promotion into all health professions and sectors of society.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, to: (1) develop a plan on how best to develop the science of health promotion through NIH agencies; and (2) conduct or support early research programs and research training regarding health promotion.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a plan to establish a research agenda regarding health promotion for CDC.

Requires the Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to award grants to develop Health Promotion Research Centers.

Requires the Director of CDC to: (1) make an effort to attract grant applications from groups experienced in providing programs; (2) fund research to develop the applied science of health promotion for specified settings; and (3) develop a research agenda for workplace health promotion.

Requires the Secretary to modify the application process for grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded under this Act to attract the most qualified individuals and organizations, rather than those most experienced with the application process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House