Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A STUDY AND FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS REGARDING CASES OF HEPATITIS C AMONG FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYEES
Date filed
September 19, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02608 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A STUDY AND FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS REGARDING CASES OF HEPATITIS C AMONG FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYEES |
| SHORT TITLE : "Emergency Response Employees Disease Protection Act" |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to undertake a study that will determine the prevalence of hepatitis C among emergency medical technicians and other emergency response employees, undertake demonstration projects to provide them training, testing and treatment. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : RODRIGUEZ, RUFUS B. |
| DATE FILED : 2007-09-19 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ON 2007-09-26 |
Abstract
The bill seeks to undertake a study that will determine the prevalence of hepatitis C among emergency medical technicians and other emergency response employees, undertake demonstration projects to provide them training, testing and treatment.
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