US Congress Senate Bill 3850 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: Introduced on June 1 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes the Commission on Ensuring Health Equity During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and adds reporting requirements for certain demographic data related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other activities, the commission must (1) determine approaches to using data to reduce demographic disparities in COVID-19 prevalence and outcomes, and (2) submit findings and recommendations to Congress on a specified timeline until the end of the public health emergency. During the public health emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publish, and update daily, data on COVID-19 testing, treatment, and outcomes that is disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and other demographic characteristics on the CDC website. In addition, the Indian Health Service shall consult with tribes with respect to COVID-19 data collection and reporting. The Department of Health and Human Services must make a summary of final statistics related to COVID-19 publicly available and report specified information to Congress within 60 days of the end of the public health emergency.

Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act

Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB6585 (Related) 2020-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
HB8200 (Related) 2020-09-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3850/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3850/BILLS-116s3850is.pdf