HR5846-118

Introduced

To protect against seasonal and pandemic influenza, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 29, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To protect against seasonal and pandemic influenza, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Technology, Trade.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HB49A147564C743FE81C220D7E75F66EE: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2023.
  • Section HDD7E32B3775F48599DF470BED24B0A49: 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: Influenza occurs seasonally each year, and throughout history has caused devastating pandemics. The 1918...
  • Section H58562FB2FC444A9497058B56F51D2833: 3. Strengthening and diversifying influenza vaccine, therapeutics, and diagnostics development, manufacturing, and supply chain It is a national goal for the...
  • Section H5DE2540018CD416EA774F662A3582097: 4. Promoting innovative approaches and use of new technologies to detect, prevent, and respond to influenza It is the sense of Congress that the Centers for...
  • Section H84F90EC317AD47E7A4BC2B081902131D: 5. Increasing influenza vaccine, therapeutics, and testing access and coverage across all populations The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To protect against seasonal and pandemic influenza, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Technology, Trade

Primary Purpose

This bill, To protect against seasonal and pandemic influenza, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Technology Trade

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 29, 2023

Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Bera, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Technology Trade
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"administrator_of_fema"
→ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce
"secretary_of_transportation"
→ Secretary of Transportation
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

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