Supporting Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Act

Bill: 116-s-1647
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-05-23
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Disability and paralysis

Health care coverage and access

Health care quality

Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Supporting Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Act</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The program awards grants to family-run organizations to support the provision of information and peer support to families of children with special health care needs. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1647 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 23 (legislative day, May 22), 2019 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Menendez ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend funding for family-to-family health information centers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that family-to-family health information centers— (1) assist families of children with disabilities or special health care needs to improve the well-being of children; (2) provide information to families regarding resources available to help children with disabilities or special health care needs; (3) work with representatives of health care organizations to facilitate collaboration between families of such children and professionals and organizations in the health care system; (4) since fiscal year 2007, the first year the Secretary of Health and Human Services began to develop and support such centers, they have spread to the extent that family-to-family information centers now operate in all 50 States; and (5) since fiscal year 2018, these centers have been, and continue to be, developed in the territories and for Indian tribes. 3. Extension for family-to-family health information centers Section 501(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 701(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(A)(vii), by striking and 2019 and inserting through 2024 ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking fiscal years 2018 and 2019 and inserting fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter .