Background

Grants for 9/11 Related Health Care:

• The Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award grants to eligible entities to provide medical and mental health monitoring, tracking, and treatment to individuals whose health has been directly impacted as a result of the attacks on New York City and at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

• Individuals eligible to receive assistance from an entity under a grant under this section shall include firefighters, police officers, paramedics, workers, volunteers, residents, students, and any other individual who worked at Ground Zero, Fresh Kills, or the Pentagon or who lived or worked in the vicinity of such areas, and whose health has deteriorated as a result of the attacks who have been evaluated by a physician or mental health professional for 9/11-related health conditions and need treatment for such conditions. (Source: Orator)

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Recent Developments

• January 8, 2007 - Senators Clinton, Schumber, Kennedy, Menendez and Lautenberg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Source: Orator)

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