Green New Deal for Health Act

This bill would create an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity within the Department of Health and Human Services and require a national plan to prepare public health and health care systems for climate change. Hospitals in Medicare would have to give the federal government at least 90 days' notice before closing or ending services, and could face a public review process and a required plan to keep essential services available. The bill would authorize funding for community health centers, grants to make medical facilities more resilient to climate disasters, and planning grants of up to $500,000. It would also create an office in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to support lowering health care emissions, and require rules for drug and device makers to publicly disclose emissions and climate risk.

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Sponsors

• Edward J. Markey Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors