text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 
  2014''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      The Congress finds as follows:
              (1) Each year approximately 9,000,000 people become ill 
          with active tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease, 
          and it is estimated that 1,500,000 of those people die, making 
          TB the second leading global infectious disease killer.
              (2) There is a global underinvestment in quality TB 
          control, and in the research and development of new drugs, 
          diagnostics and a vaccine, as well as in the relationship 
          between TB and HIV/AIDS.
              (3) The increasing occurrence of multi-drug resistant 
          (``MDR'') TB, including extensively drug resistant (``XDR'') TB 
          which is resistant to at least two of the recommended first-
          line drugs and the recommended second-line medications, is a 
          serious and emerging global health problem.
              (4) Cases of TB are reported annually in every State within 
          the United States, with a total of 9,582 cases of active TB 
          reported in the United States in 2013.
              (5) In addition to those with active TB, an estimated 
          8,000,000 to 10,000,000 people in the United States are 
          infected with the TB bacteria.
              (6) Drug-resistant TB poses a particular challenge to 
          domestic TB control due to the high costs of treatment and 
          intensive health care resources required. Treatment costs for 
          MDR TB range from $100,000 to $300,000, which can cause a 
          serious strain on State public health budgets.
              (7) In 2013, the United States experienced serious 
          shortages of first- and second-line TB drugs and biologics, 
          including isoniazid, the first-line TB drug, and tubersol, the 
          biologic used in TB skin tests.
              (8) New tools are urgently needed to more effectively 
          prevent, diagnose, and treat TB. Within the last 40 years, only 
          one new TB drug has been developed and approved in the United 
          States, and the treatment regimen for MDR TB remains 
          excessively lengthy, toxic, and difficult for patients to 
          tolerate. The existing vaccine, which is not used in the United 
          States, confers no protection to adolescents and adults, 
          protecting only against pulmonary TB in infants and children.
              (9) The expertise in identifying, treating, and preventing 
          TB is within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 
          the United States public health system. The identification and 
          preventive treatment of the millions of people in the United 
          States with TB infection, representing the reservoir of future 
          active TB cases, is a key component of the strategy to 
          eliminate TB in the United States.
  
  SEC. 3. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
  
      Clause (i) of section 506D(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
  Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356d(a)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
                              ``(i) plans for enhanced interagency and 
                          intra-agency coordination, communication, and 
                          decisionmaking, including by ensuring 
                          coordination between the task force established 
                          under this section and the Federal Tuberculosis 
                          Task Force under section 317E(g) of the Public 
                          Health Service Act in the development and 
                          implementation of strategies and systems to 
                          prevent and mitigate shortages of drugs used in 
                          connection with tuberculosis;''.
  
  SEC. 4. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION; HEALTH RESOURCES 
                AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.
  
      (a) Prioritizing Programs for High-Risk Populations, Including 
  Foreign-Born, Homeless, and Uninsured Populations.--Subsection (a) of 
  section 317E of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-6) is 
  amended--
              (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
          following:
              ``(1) Grants.--The Secretary''; and
              (2) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(2) Priority.--In making grants under this subsection, 
          the Secretary shall give priority to awarding grants to State 
          health departments proposing to focus on the prevention, 
          control, and elimination of tuberculosis in high-risk 
          populations, including foreign-born, homeless, and uninsured 
          populations.''.
      (b) Grants for Coordination of Programs and Services for 
  Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment.--
              (1) Grants.--Section 317E of the Public Health Service Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 247b-6) is amended--
                      (A) by redesignating subsections (c) through (h) as 
                  subsections (d) through (i), respectively; and
                      (B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
                  following:
      ``(c) Grants for Coordination of Programs and Services for 
  Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment.--
              ``(1) Grants.--The Secretary, acting through the 
          Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
          Administration, may award grants to State and local governments 
          and Federally qualified health centers for coordinating the 
          programs and services of such governments and centers to ensure 
          timely and appropriate prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 
          tuberculosis.
              ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `Federally 
          qualified health center' has the meaning given to such term in 
          section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act.''.
              (2) Conforming changes.--Section 317E of the Public Health 
          Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-6) is amended--
                      (A) in subsections (d), (e)(1), (e)(3)(A), and 
                  (f)(1), as redesignated, by striking ``subsection (a) 
                  or (b)'' each place it appears and inserting 
                  ``subsection (a), (b), or (c)''; and
                      (B) in subsection (e)(3)(A), as redesignated, by 
                  inserting ``(subject to subsection (a)(2))'' after 
                  ``highest priority''.
      (c) Federal Tuberculosis Task Force.--Paragraph (1) of section 
  317E(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-6(g)), as 
  redesignated, is amended to read as follows:
              ``(1) Duties.--The Federal Tuberculosis Task Force (in this 
          subsection referred to as the `Task Force') shall provide to 
          the Secretary and other appropriate Federal officials advice 
          on--
                      ``(A) research into new tools under subsection 
                  (b)(2) and ensuring access to such new tools; and
                      ``(B) the development and implementation of 
                  strategies and systems to prevent and mitigate 
                  shortages of drugs used in connection with 
                  tuberculosis.''.
      (d) Reauthorization of National Strategy for Combating and 
  Eliminating Tuberculosis.--Section 317E(i)(1)(A) of the Public Health 
  Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-6(h)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
  ``$243,101,250 for fiscal year 2013'' and inserting ``$243,101,250 for 
  each of fiscal years 2013 through 2019''.
  
  SEC. 5. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
  
      Paragraph (1) of section 424C(b) of the Public Health Service Act 
  (42 U.S.C. 285b-7c(b)) is amended to read as follows:
              ``(1) enhancing basic, clinical, and operational research 
          on tuberculosis, including with respect to--
                      ``(A) drug resistant tuberculosis;
                      ``(B) infection with, and the progression of, 
                  tuberculosis; and
                      ``(C) pediatric tuberculosis;''.
target: Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Drug Shortages Strategic Plan to include plans to ensure coordination between the Drug Shortages Task Force and the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services, when awarding grants for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis, to give priority to state health departments proposing to focus on high-risk populations, including foreign-born, homeless, and uninsured populations. Authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants to state and local governments and federally qualified health centers to coordinate their programs and services to ensure timely and appropriate prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis. Requires the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force to advise federal officials on strategies and systems to prevent and mitigate shortages of tuberculosis drugs. Reauthorizes the national strategy for combating and eliminating tuberculosis through FY2019. Allows the National Institutes of Health to enhance research on pediatric tuberculosis and tuberculosis infection and progression.
feat_title: Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2014