To amend the Public Health Service Act to include neuropathy in the list of conditions covered by the World Trade Center Health Program, and for other purposes.

This bill adds neuropathy (damage, disease, or dysfunction of one or more nerves) to the list of health conditions covered by the World Trade Center Health Program. This program provides medical monitoring and treatment to responders and survivors who suffer from health conditions related to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2636 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2636

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to include neuropathy in the 
 list of conditions covered by the World Trade Center Health Program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2023

  Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act to include neuropathy in the 
 list of conditions covered by the World Trade Center Health Program, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUDING NEUROPATHY IN WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM.

    (a) List of Health Conditions for WTC Responders.--Section 
3312(a)(3) of title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300mm-22(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) Neuropathy.--Any neuropathy (or type of 
                neuropathy).''.
    (b) List of WTC-Related Health Conditions for Survivors.--Section 
3322(b) of title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300mm-32(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Neuropathy.--Any neuropathy (or type of 
        neuropathy).''.
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