US SB3634 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on May 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2292-2293)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2292-2293)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to address health workforce shortages and disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic through additional funding for the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps.
Title
Health Heroes 2020 Act
Sponsors
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] |
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] | Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] |
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] | Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] |
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-05-06 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2292-2293) |
Same As/Similar To
HB6650 (Same As) 2020-05-01 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Education of the disadvantaged
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Mental health
Minority education
Minority employment
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Education of the disadvantaged
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Mental health
Minority education
Minority employment
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3634/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3634/BILLS-116s3634is.pdf |