118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3703HEALING Response Act of 2023

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct and complete a review examining the efforts of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that the United States is prepared to rapidly produce certain medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency, and for other purposes.

Health
Introduced May 25, 2023
Last action May 26, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to review efforts undertaken by the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that the United States has the capacity to rapidly produce medical countermeasures. (Medical countermeasures are certain medical products that may be used to diagnose, prevent, or treat conditions associated with chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threats or emerging infectious diseases during public health emergencies.) The review must address, among other topics, efforts to transition to new initiatives for facilitating the development and manufacturing of countermeasures (e.g., transitioning from the Centers for Innovation and Advanced...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
May 26, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 25, 2023
Introduced in House
May 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.