Border Health Security Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5592
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2008-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alcoholism
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Biological warfare
Boundaries
Communicable diseases
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Congressional reporting requirements
Dental care
Disasters
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health surveys
Infrastructure
International Affairs
International agencies
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Mental health services
Mexico
Planning
Poor children
Preventive medicine
Public health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Syndromes
Terrorism
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: 
Border Health Security Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the U.S. members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, to award grants to states, public institutions of higher education, local and tribal governments, nonprofit health organizations, or community health centers to improve border residents' health. 

Requires the Secretary to award grants to states, local or tribal governments, or public health entities for bioterrorism preparedness in the border area.

Authorizes appropriations to carry out the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act.

Allows the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security in establishing a health alert system that: (1) alerts clinicians and public health officials of emerging disease clusters and syndromes along the border area; and (2) is alerted to signs of health threats or bioterrorism along the border area.

Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine for the study of binational public health infrastructure and health insurance efforts.

Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to authorize any member or staff of the Commission to provide advice or recommendations to Congress concerning issues that are considered by the Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Introduced in House