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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the people of the United States should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate health information.

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the people of the United States should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate health information.

Introduced Jan 24, 2025

Latest action (Jan 24, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S373)

Referred to
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Issues
Healthcare

Summary

This is a Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the American people should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate health information from the Department of Health and Human Services. The resolution emphasizes the importance of HHS external communications in protecting public health, including urgent communications about disease outbreaks, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (published since 1961), foodborne disease outbreak notices, and alerts about emerging health threats such as avian influenza, dengue virus, and measles. As a sense resolution, it expresses the Senate's opinion but does not create binding law or mandate specific actions.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
11 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 24, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S373) · senate
  2. Jan 24, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 24, 2025

Mr. Schatz (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Welch, Mr. Markey, Mr. Reed, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the people of the United States should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate health information.

Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services provides crucial external communications to protect the health and well-being of the people of the United States; Whereas urgent communications provided by the Department of Health and Human Services help health care providers and the public learn about and respond to public health incidents and threats, including outbreaks of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and the opioid overdose epidemic; Whereas the United States has published the epidemiological digest, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, every week since 1961; Whereas foodborne disease outbreak notices published by the Department of Health and Human Services are essential in coordinating and investigating illness, helping to respond to the estimated 48,000,000 people who get sick from foodborne disease each year in the United States; and Whereas, in 2024, public health information reported through the Health Alert Network of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included information regarding increased risks in the United States of avian influenza, dengue virus, and measles: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the people of the United States should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate health information provided through the Department of Health and Human Services. <all>

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