The STOP TICKS Act would reauthorize the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group and the Kay Hagan Tick Act. It would expand the working group’s coordination from the Department of Health and Human Services to the federal government and add federal agencies to its membership. It would also authorize funding for regional centers focused on vector-borne diseases and for health departments addressing those diseases.
The bill would support federal coordination and health department work on tick-borne and other vector-borne diseases. It does not describe direct services or payments for individuals.
The bill would authorize $12 million per year for regional centers for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 and $21 million per year to assist health departments for those years.
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