H.R. 9021

Stay Cool Act

Sponsor: Bonnie Watson Coleman

16 cosponsors
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I Heat Emergency

Sec. 105. Study for improved tracking of data on deaths related to heat or other environmental factors

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, acting through the National Vital Statistics System of the National Center for Health Statistics, in consultation with the National Integrated Heat Health Information System, shall—

(1) conduct a study on the impact of extreme heat exposure on all-cause mortality;

(2) as part of such study, develop recommendations for revising the United States standard certificate of death to collect information on deaths that are related to heat or other environmental factors; and

(3) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, complete such study and submit a report on the results of such study to the Congress.

II Community Resilience and Cooling Centers

III Housing

IV Urban Development

V Definitions