To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of COVID-19.

This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with relevant federal agencies, to award grants or enter into contracts with eligible entities to carry out a national campaign, based on available scientific evidence, to increase knowledge about and reduce stigma associated with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6572 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6572

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
  the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
 carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of 
                               COVID-19.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2020

 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself and Mr. Cox of California) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
  the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
 carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of 
                               COVID-19.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COVID-19 PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in 
coordination with other offices and agencies, as appropriate, shall 
award competitive grants or contracts to one or more public or private 
entities to carry out a national campaign that is multilingual and 
culturally competent and based on available scientific evidence to 
increase awareness and knowledge of COVID-19, including reducing stigma 
associated with COVID-19 and improving information on the availability 
of diagnostic testing and other related services at community health 
centers.
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