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H.R. 1792: Infectious Disease Reporting Act

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H.R. 1792: Infectious Disease Reporting Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-26 · Health · Latest: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Infectious Disease Reporting Act

Plain summary

Infectious Disease Reporting Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report each case of reportable infectious disease (a disease that a state requires to be reported) that occurs at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the appropriate state entity, as well as to the accrediting organization of such facility. Requires the Secretary, upon a failure to report, to pay to a state the same penalty that a non-federal facility of such state would pay for a failure to report. Allows a state to file a civil action against the VA for the recovery of such amount.

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Official text

Infectious Disease Reporting Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] · 4 cosponsors

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Mike Kelly (R-PA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1792 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113