H.R. 5878 · 115th Congress
National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 2018
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National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 2018
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 18, 2018
National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 2018
This bill establishes the Office of Oversight and Coordination for Tick-Borne Diseases within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office must oversee the creation of a national strategy to address Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and disorders. The national strategy must include program assessments, benchmarks for progress, and recommendations from the previously established Tick-Borne Disease Working Group.
The bill also requires HHS to undertake specific actions that promote research, prevention, and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and disorders. Among other things, HHS must:
- support expansive research into the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of such diseases and disorders;
- establish a surveillance system to track the prevalence of such diseases and disorders in humans;
- establish a surveillance system to track the prevalence of disease-carrying ticks;
- conduct educational campaigns; and
- hold a series of research symposiums.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 2018
Latest action (May 18, 2018): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 18, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.