Combat Valley Fever Act

Bill: 115-s-3114
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-06-21
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Combat Valley Fever Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a registry and award grants for the purpose of tracking cases of coccidioidomycosis (also known as Valley fever)&#8212;a lung infection caused by a certain fungus found in soil. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3114 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 21, 2018 Ms. Harris introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide for the establishment of a national registry to track cases of coccidioidomycosis, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combat Valley Fever Act . 2. Tracking cases of coccidioidomycosis (a) Registry (1) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish a registry for reports of cases of coccidioidomycosis. (2) Grant program The Secretary shall award grants to States and State and local departments of health for the purpose of supporting the surveillance of cases of coccidioidomycosis within the applicable State, and the reporting of any such cases to the registry established under paragraph (1). (3) Year of diagnosis In listing cases of coccidioidomycosis in the registry established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall attribute each case to the year in which it was diagnosed. (b) Protocols and guidelines The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall make publicly available any protocols and guidelines developed by the Department of Agriculture, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or appropriate professional health care organizations, for purposes of educating health care providers, farmers, and other agricultural workers regarding the most recent scientific and medical information on the etiology, transmission, diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of coccidioidomycosis. (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.