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S. 3570: Public Health Coordinating Council Act

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S. 3570: Public Health Coordinating Council Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-24 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Public Health Coordinating Council Act

Plain summary

Public Health Coordinating Council Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Public Health Coordinating Council to: (1) facilitate and strengthen sustained communication and coordination across federal agencies and offices regarding public health; and (2) review and make recommendations concerning socioeconomic and environmental policies to reduce health disparities and improve the public's health. Requires the Secretary to determine the duties of the Council, which shall include: (1) reviewing existing federal health programs and policies for the availability of equitable public health services across communities; (2) making recommendations for the modification of such federal programs and policies to improve public health; and (3) seeking to strengthen the impact of federal public health efforts by improving interagency collaboration and promoting a dialogue on broad public health issues.

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Official text

Public Health Coordinating Council Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-s3570 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110