Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

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4	4	STSESSION S. 786
5	5	To fully fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund and reaffirm the
6	6	importance of prevention in the United States healthcare system.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY27, 2025
9	9	Mr. B
10	10	LUMENTHAL(for himself, Ms. SMITH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. MURRAY,
11	11	Mr. W
12	12	YDEN, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following
13	13	bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu-
14	14	cation, Labor, and Pensions
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To fully fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund and
17	17	reaffirm the importance of prevention in the United
18	18	States healthcare system.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Health Funding 4
23	23	Restoration Act’’. 5
24	24	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
25	25	Congress finds the following: 7
26	26	(1) The Prevention and Public Health Fund 8
27	27	(section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Afford-9
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31	31	able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–11) was designed 1
32	32	‘‘to provide for expanded and sustained national in-2
33	33	vestment in prevention and public health programs 3
34	34	to improve health and help restrain the rate of 4
35	35	growth in private and public health care costs’’. 5
36	36	(2) Funding under such section is essential to 6
37	37	core efforts at the Department of Health and 7
38	38	Human Services and in State, local, Tribal, and ter-8
39	39	ritorial health departments to prevent and control 9
40	40	the spread of infectious disease and prevent injuries 10
41	41	and the development of chronic conditions. 11
42	42	(3) Prevention and Public Health Fund dollars 12
43	43	support evidenced-based investments in tobacco use 13
44	44	prevention and cessation, nutrition, mental health, 14
45	45	childhood lead poisoning prevention, elder care ini-15
46	46	tiatives, and immunizations, among other prevention 16
47	47	initiatives. Funding gives States and communities 17
48	48	the flexibility to respond to public health threats 18
49	49	that may be unique to their communities and bol-19
50	50	sters the State, local, Tribal, and territorial response 20
51	51	to global public health threats. 21
52	52	(4) Such prevention efforts have shown to be 22
53	53	effective. Funding increases for community-based 23
54	54	public health programs reduce infant deaths and 24
55	55	preventable deaths caused by cancer, diabetes, and 25
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59	59	cardiovascular disease. Every dollar spent on preven-1
60	60	tion saves nearly $6 in health spending and every 2
61	61	dollar spent on childhood vaccines saves $16.50 in 3
62	62	future health care costs. 4
63	63	(5) Investments in prevention reduce the cost of 5
64	64	health care in the United States. $2,900,000,000 in 6
65	65	investments in community-based disease prevention 7
66	66	is estimated to save $16,500,000,000 annually with-8
67	67	in 5 years. 9
68	68	(6) Cuts to the Prevention and Public Health 10
69	69	Fund and other public health prevention efforts un-11
70	70	dermine efforts to create an affordable and acces-12
71	71	sible health care system, and a better quality of life 13
72	72	for Americans. 14
73	73	(7) Cuts to the Prevention and Public Health 15
74	74	Fund endanger the ability of States and localities to 16
75	75	distribute vaccinations and public health information 17
76	76	successfully. The Prevention and Public Health 18
77	77	Fund is critical to the growth of the Centers for 19
78	78	Disease Control and Prevention’s section 317 Immu-20
79	79	nization Program and to the Epidemiology and Lab-21
80	80	oratory Capacity program. 22
81	81	(8) Restoring Prevention and Public Health 23
82	82	Fund funding to $2,000,000,000 annually will allow 24
83	83	the Fund to invest in more innovative, evidence- 25
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87	87	based public health programs and maintain and ex-1
88	88	pand investments in programs with demonstrated 2
89	89	success. 3
90	90	(9) Restoring Prevention and Public Health 4
91	91	Fund funding to $2,000,000,000 will give the Cen-5
92	92	ters for Disease Control and Prevention and State, 6
93	93	local, Tribal, and territorial health departments 7
94	94	funding that they need to invest in prevention ef-8
95	95	forts that will help the country avoid future 9
96	96	pandemics and epidemics. 10
97	97	SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND. 11
98	98	Section 4002(b) of the Patient Protection and Af-12
99	99	fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–11(b)) is amended— 13
100	100	(1) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 14
101	101	‘‘and’’; and 15
102	102	(2) by striking paragraphs (5) through (10) 16
103	103	and inserting the following: 17
104	104	‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 18
105	105	thereafter, $2,000,000,000.’’. 19
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