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S. 1001: Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act

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S. 1001: Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-05-07 · 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 2009-05-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · 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

Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act

Plain summary

Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act or the Health Promotion FIRST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a plan for health promotion that includes coordinating the health promotion activities of HHS and addressing how best to: (1) develop the basic and applied science of health promotion; (2) synthesize and disseminate health promotion research; (3) meet health promotion needs in rural and low-income inner city areas; (4) support and develop the health promotion and scientific community; and (5) modify or develop resources, policies, structure, and legislation to integrate health promotion into all health professions and sectors of society. Requires the Secretary to request other federal agencies to develop health promotion strategic plans. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, to: (1) develop a plan on how best to develop the science of health promotion through NIH agencies; and (2) conduct or support early research programs and research training regarding health promotion. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a plan to establish a research agenda regarding health promotion for CDC. Requires the Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to award grants to develop Health Promotion Research Centers. Requires the Secretary to modify the application process for grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded under this Act to attract the most qualified individuals and organizations.

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Official text

Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · 1 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong111-s1001 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111