Study for improved tracking of data on deaths related to heat or other environmental factors
Title I — Heat Emergency
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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.