HR 6072 United States House · 117th Congress

Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities To Address Social Needs Act of 2021

Summary

Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities To Address Social Needs Act of 2021 or the LINC To Address Social Needs Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award states competitive grants for technology networks that coordinate the provision of health care and social services (e.g., nutritional assistance, housing, and transportation). States must use the grants to support statewide or regional public-private partnerships in establishing or enhancing such networks. The bill outlines requirements concerning the governance structure of the networks, privacy and security, and related matters. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the impact of these networks on health outcomes, access to services, and related factors.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2021

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Introduced Nov 23, 2021 Last action Jan 4, 2022

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Committee

Jan 4, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

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Dec 9, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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Nov 24, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Nov 23, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Nov 23, 2021

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1 primary · 6 co-sponsors