Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

H.R. 3964

BillFederalHouseIn Committee
Healthy Schools Act of 2007
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · November 8, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
October 25, 2007
Cosponsors (0)
None
View PDF ↗

Summary

Highlight any text to annotate
Healthy Schools Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to expand and intensify programs to reduce the incidence of staph infections in elementary and secondary schools. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct surveillance activities to collect data on such infections; and (2) develop and periodically update best practices guidelines for reducing the incidence of such infections. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools to improve awareness of, and to implement, such guidelines. Requires the Secretary to reserve CDC funds to carry out this Act.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.