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Limiting Federal Health Authority Scope in Communicable Disease Control.

This bill restricts the broad regulatory power of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning communicable disease control. The change limits future federal actions during health crises to specific measures like inspection, disinfection, and destruction of contaminated items. Citizens may experience less federal intervention in their daily lives during health emergencies, as broader mandates would be harder to implement.
Key points
Significantly restricts the federal government's ability to issue broad regulations for controlling communicable diseases.
Federal authority will be limited to inspection, fumigation, disinfection, pest extermination, and destruction of contaminated animals or articles.
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Additional Information
Limiting CDC to Disease Control Act
Print number: S 2602
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Process start date: 2023-07-27