To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to public or private entities to carry out a national awareness campaign to increase factual awareness and knowledge of COVID-19.

Bill: 116-hr-6577
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2020-04-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Foreign language and bilingual programs

Government information and archives

Health care coverage and access

Health information and medical records

Health promotion and preventive care

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2020-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with relevant federal agencies, to award grants or enter into contracts with eligible entities to carry out a national campaign, based on available scientific&nbsp;evidence,&nbsp;to increase knowledge about and reduce stigma associated with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6577 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2020 Mr. Cox of California (for himself and Ms. Judy Chu of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to public or private entities to carry out a national awareness campaign to increase factual awareness and knowledge of COVID–19.

1. Awareness campaign (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with other offices and agencies, as appropriate, shall award competitive grants or contracts to one or more public or private entities to carry out a national awareness campaign to increase factual awareness and knowledge of COVID–19. (b) Components The campaign under subsection (a) shall include— (1) multilingual and culturally appropriate information and distribution strategies; (2) information based on available scientific evidence; (3) an emphasis on countering stigma and shame, such as harmful and false accusations regarding origination of the virus; and (4) scientific data countering propaganda related to viral origination.