Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act: Strengthening Local Health Response.
This legislation allocates billions of dollars to strengthen state and local health departments, ensuring they are better prepared for pandemics and other health crises. The funding aims to improve disease tracking, emergency response capabilities, and ensure health services are equitable and accessible to all communities, especially those most at risk. Citizens will benefit from a faster and more effective public health response to all types of health threats.
Key points
Significant grants provided to state and local health departments to modernize disease surveillance systems and laboratory capacities.
Requirement for health departments to use funds to improve all-hazards preparedness and response, and actively address health disparities (equity).
Implementation of accreditation standards for health departments to ensure high quality and efficient use of public funds starting in 2027.
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