The Public Health Service Act is a

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enacted in 1944. The full act is codified in Title 42 of the United States Code (The Public Health and Welfare), Chapter 6A ( Public Health Service).

The act clearly established the

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authority for the first time. It gave the United States Public Health Service responsibility for preventing the introduction, transmission and spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States. The Public Health Service Act granted the original authority for scientists and special consultants to be appointed "without regard to the civil-service laws", known as a

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. During

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, section has been used for Title 42 expulsion.

Amendments

It has since been amended many times. Some of these amendments are: * Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970 , which established Title X of the Public Health Service Act, dedicated to providing

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services for those in need. * National Cancer Act of 1971 * Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 * Health Center Consolidation Act of 1996 *National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Establishment Act of 2000 * Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance Research and Education Amendments of 2001 * Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2001 * Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 *

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of 2010 *

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 307; 113th Congress) The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 () is a law enacted by the 113th United States Congress. The Act amends the Public Health Service Act in order to extend, fund, and improve several programs designed to prep ...

Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention Act of 2021 (S. 1543; 117th Congress)

Proposed amendments

Other attempted amendments to the act have bee proposed but failed: * Stem Cell Research Enhancement Acts of 2005 and 2007 * 115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 708 To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to change the permissible age variation in health insurance premium rates. *One proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act is the

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(), a bill in the 113th United States Congress. The bill was introduced on January 14, 2013 by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). It passed the

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on February 12, 2013 by a

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, indicating that it was generally non-controversial. The Bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the

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of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program for states with a shortage of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to streamline state requirements and procedures to assist

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s who completed military EMT training while serving in the

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to meet state EMT certification, licensure, and other requirements. The bill still needs to pass in the

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and be signed by the

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before it would become law. * The Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 297; 113th Congress) is a bill in the 113th United States Congress that would amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for payments to children's hospitals for expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs. The portion of the Public Health Service Act that would be amended is Section 340
(42 U.S.C. 256e)
The amendment would cover

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2013 - 2017. H.R. 297 passed the

with a vote of 352-50 on February 4, 201
(Roll no. 32)
* Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2014 (S. 2154; 113th Congress) is a bill in the 113th United States Congress that would amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the

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Program through FY2019.

References

External links

Current version of the Public Health Service Act, as codified
from the

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Original uncodified bill, as amended (8/5/2009)
* {{cite web , url=http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/online/exhibition-archives/april-2010-september-2011/knowledge/fostering-medical-discovery/2612-hr-4624.html , title=H.R. 4624, Public Health Service Act, May 23, 1944 , author=78th U.S. Congress , date=May 23, 1944 , work=Chapter 373, cited 58 U.S. Stats. 682 , publisher=U.S. Capitol Visitor Center , access-date=May 25, 2013 , archive-date=March 6, 2013 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306065627/http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/online/exhibition-archives/april-2010-september-2011/knowledge/fostering-medical-discovery/2612-hr-4624.html , url-status=dead 1944 in law United States federal health legislation United States Public Health Service Pharmaceutical regulation in the United States

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Amendments

Proposed amendments

References

External links