United States 116th Congress Status: Died 1 D cosponsors

HR 8073 — Improving COVID–19 Data Transparency Act

Last action — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Summary

Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take certain actions with respect to reporting and modeling COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) data. It also requires health information technology, as a condition of certification by HHS, to automatically generate and transmit reports of possible reportable conditions from electronic health records to public health agencies. The CDC must standardize the reporting of COVID-19 data by governmental health departments, including information related to contact tracing and surveillance, hospital admissions and outcomes, outbreaks, and community compliance with preventive measures. The CDC must also post and periodically update this information on its website. In addition, the CDC must provide sufficient information about federal COVID-19 models to allow them to be reproduced, and HHS must enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study issues related to COVID-19 modeling, including the data sources used in the models. The CDC must also deliver a weekly televised presentation that is open to the media on its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication that reports surveillance statistics and other public health information and recommendations.

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Action History

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

  2. Introduced in House

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on

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Subjects

Health Blood and blood diseases Cardiovascular and respiratory health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Correctional facilities and imprisonment Department of Health and Human Services Educational facilities and institutions Emergency medical services and trauma care Food industry and services Government information and archives Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Homelessness and emergency shelter Hospital care Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Meat Medical tests and diagnostic methods Minority health News media and reporting Nursing State and local government operations Television and film Worker safety and health
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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 8073 do?
Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take certain actions with respect to reporting and modeling COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) data. It also requires health information technology, as a condition of certification by HHS, to automatically generate and transmit reports of possible reportable conditions from electronic health records to public health agencies. The CDC must standardize the reporting of COVID-19 data by governmental health departments, including information related to contact tracing and surveillance, hospital admissions and outcomes, outbreaks, and community compliance with preventive measures. The CDC must also post and periodically update this information on its website. In addition, the CDC must provide sufficient information about federal COVID-19 models to allow them to be reproduced, and HHS must enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study issues related to COVID-19 modeling, including the data sources used in the models. The CDC must also deliver a weekly televised presentation that is open to the media on its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication that reports surveillance statistics and other public health information and recommendations.
Who sponsors HR 8073?
HR 8073 is sponsored by Don Beyer (D).
What is the current status of HR 8073?
This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HR 8073?
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