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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 620 (Reported in Senate) — To provide public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for rabies prevention, and for... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Public health veterinary services

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Title II of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is amended by inserting after section 223 ( 25 U.S.C. 1621v ) the following: In this section: The term public health veterinary services includes any of the following: Spaying and neutering services for domestic animals. Diagnoses. Surveillance. Epidemiology. Control. Prevention. Elimination. Vaccination. Any other related service or activity that reduces the risk of zoonotic disease transmission or antimicrobial resistance in humans, food, or animals.
The term zoonotic disease means a disease or infection that may be transmitted naturally from vertebrate animals to humans, or from humans to vertebrate animals. The Secretary, acting through the Service, may expend funds, directly or pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ), for public health veterinary services to prevent and control zoonotic disease infection and transmission in Service areas where the risk for disease occurrence in humans and wildlife is endemic.
In providing public health veterinary services under subsection (b), the Secretary may— assign or deploy veterinary public health officers from the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service to Service areas; and coordinate and implement activities with— the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a biennial report on the use of funds, the assignment and deployment of veterinary public health officers from the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, data related to the monitoring and disease surveillance of zoonotic diseases, and related services provided under this section. .
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