U.S. Congress - S.2932 Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008
S.2932 - Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States. view all titles (3)
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- Short: Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008 as introduced.
- Official: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States. as introduced.
- Short: Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008 as enacted.
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Latest Vote
Result: Passed - September 26, 2008
Roll call number 653 in the House
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: S 2932 Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 2/3 (66%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes:
93%
Official Summary
4/29/2008--Introduced.Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide coordination and assistance for the maintenance of the nationwide toll-free phone number to access poiOfficial Summary
4/29/2008--Introduced.Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide coordination and assistance for the maintenance of the nationwide toll-free phone number to access poison control centers. Requires the Secretary to carry out and expand upon a national media campaign to educate the public and health care providers about poison prevention and the availability of poison control center resources in local communities. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with nationally recognized organizations in the field of poison control and national media firms for the development and implementation of a nationwide poison prevention and poison control center awareness campaign.
Expands the poison control center grant program to allow the Secretary to award grants for poison control centers to comply with the operational requirements needed to sustain certification of the center. Adds as the purposes for which such grants may be used:
(1) to establish and evaluate best practices in the United States for poison prevention, poison control center outreach, and emergency and preparedness programs;
(2) to develop and implement standard patient management guidelines for commonly encountered toxic exposures;
(3) to improve national toxic exposure surveillance;
(4) to develop, support, and enhance technology and capabilities of professional organizations in the field of poison control to collect national poisoning, toxic occurrence, and related public health data; and
(5) to develop initiatives to foster the enhanced public health utilization of national poison data. Eliminates matching requirements for such grants.
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