Tick-Borne Disease Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-2894
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-13
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives

Health information and medical records

Health promotion and preventive care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medical education
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Tick-Borne Disease Prevention Act</b></p> This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to publish and periodically update materials for the public and health care providers on the prevention and treatment of tick-borne diseases.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2894 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 13, 2017 Mr. Keating introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for education and outreach with respect to the prevention and treatment of tick-borne illnesses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tick-Borne Disease Prevention Act . 2. Education and outreach with respect to the prevention and treatment of tick-borne illnesses Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317T ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–22 ) the following new section: 317U. Education and outreach with respect to the prevention and treatment of tick-borne illnesses (a) Public materials on prevention and treatment Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall publish and periodically update materials for both the public and for health care providers, relating to prevention and treatment procedures for tick-borne illnesses. (b) Health care provider training materials Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall publish and periodically update training materials for health care providers on preventing and treating tick-borne disease. .