Sec. 206. Leveraging and coordinating federal resources for improved health
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Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, shall enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences for the conduct of a study to assess the potential health impacts of major non-health related legislation that is likely to be considered by Congress within a year of completion of the study. Such study shall identify the ways in which such legislation involved is likely to impact the health of Americans and shall contain recommendations to Congress on ways to maximize the positive health impacts and minimize the negative health impacts.
The timing of the study under paragraph
(1)shall be determined in a manner that ensures that the results of the study will be available at least 3 months prior to the consideration of the legislation involved by Congress. To the extent practicable, the Council under paragraph
(1)shall ensure that the study conducted under this subsection complies with the consensus guidelines on how to carry out a health impact assessment, including stakeholder engagement guidelines, such as the HIA of the Americas Practice Guidelines and guidelines promulgated by the World Health Organization and other consensus bodies. Upon completion of the study under this subsection, the Institute of Medicine shall submit to the Council under paragraph (1), and make available to the general public, a report that— summarizes the direct, indirect, and cumulative health impacts identified in the assessment; and contains recommendations for how to maximize positive health impacts and minimize negative health impacts of the legislation involved. For purposes of this subsection, the term non-health related legislation shall have the meaning given such term by the Council under paragraph (1), and shall include legislation that is likely to have impacts on the health of Americans where such impacts are not likely to be considered by Congress to the extent required by their scope without the conduct of an assessment under this subsection. Examples of major non-health related legislation that could be the subject of the study include reauthorizations of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act ( Public Law 112–141 ), the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). The Secretary, in coordination with the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, shall detail employees of the Department of Health and Human Services to policy and program planning offices of other Federal departments and agencies, including the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education, and the Department of the Interior, in order to assist those departments and agencies to consider the impacts of their activities on the health of the populations served and to assist with the integration of health goals into the activities of the departments and agencies, as appropriate. Employees detailed under paragraph
(1)shall assist with assessments of the potential impacts of the programs and activities of the department or agency involved on the health and well-being of the populations served, the development of metrics and performance standards that can be incorporated, as appropriate, into the activities, performance measurements, and grant and contract standards of the department or agency, and the development of the report detailed in paragraph (3). Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, each department and agency with a detailee under this section shall submit to the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report detailing the health impacts of the department or agency's activities and any plans to improve those impacts.
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- Pub. L. 112-141
- Pub. L. 110-246
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Sec. 206
Leveraging and coordinating federal resources for improved health
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-141
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-246
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