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5/13/2009--Introduced.Strengthening America's Public Health System Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) establish the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant Program to assist public health agencies in improving surveillance for, and response to, infectious diseases and other conditions of public health importance; and (2) issue guidelines for public health entities relating to information systems to receive, monitor, and report infectious diseases and other such conditions. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) address documented workforce shortages in state and local health departments in applied public health epidemiology and public health laboratory science and informatics; and (2) provide for the expansion of applied epidemiology training programs.Requires the Director, upon request, to assist the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists in developing or improving a process for states to conduct surveillance and submit reports to the Director on nationally notifiable diseases and conditions.Requires the Secretary to adopt and use guidelines to develop improved standards and protocols for binational epidemiology, surveillance, laboratory analyses, and control of infectious diseases between the United States and Mexico.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to establish a committee to: (1) evaluate best practices in public health surveillance; and (2) assess systems needed for improving coordination among public health surveillance and monitoring systems.

1242187200 2009-05-13 Sat Nov 14 08:15:57 -0600 2009 introduced 57530 'act':7 'health':5 'public':4 'system':6 'america':2 'strengthen':1 73216 false short introduced 57530 'act':9 'bill':2 'amend':4 'condit':21 'diseas':19 'health':7 'improv':11 'nation':13 'public':6 'purpos':25 'report':17 'servic':8 'surveil':15 73145 false official action 57530 1242187200 Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194914 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. B000468 1943-10-03 7563 703 Hart Senate Office Building http://bingaman.senate.gov/contact/ 202-224-2852 Jeff 'd':4 'nm':5 'sen':1 'jeff':2,6,8 'bingaman':3,7,9 M 300009 Bingaman Jeff_Bingaman Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM] 4100 N00006518 10384 Democrat 202-224-5521 Methodist NM Jeff Bingaman 4.2962962962963 http://bingaman.senate.gov action 57530 1242187200 Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194914 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. action 57530 1242187200 Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194913 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5437) introduced 57530 1242187200 Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194912