Healthy Families Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2574
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2014-07-09
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Health promotion and preventive care
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Healthy Families Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make the United States Preventive Services Task Force subject to Federal Advisory Committee Act requirements, including open meetings.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2574 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 9, 2014 Mrs. Fischer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To make the United States Preventive Services Task Force subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Families Act of 2014 . 2. United States Preventive Services Task Force Section 915(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 299b–4(a) ) is amended by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following: (5) Applicability of FACA The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Task Force. .