Lauren continues to advance legislation in order to: Modernize our public health data infrastructure
Modernize public health data infrastructure.
Occurrences
Improve data collection processes and quality measures to better understand the causes of the maternal health crisis in the United States and inform solutions to address it.
Evidence
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"Lauren continues to advance legislation in order to: ... Modernize our public health data infrastructure"
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Action: "Ms. Underwood ... introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce"
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Action: "Ms. Underwood ... introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce"
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Latest Action: "Referred to the Subcommittee on Health"; Tracker status: "Introduced"
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The campaign page says Lauren “continues to advance legislation” to “Modernize our public health data infrastructure.”
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8481 as introduced by Rep. Underwood and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Congress.gov lists Underwood as sponsor, shows tracker status “Introduced,” and latest action as referral to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 2617 became Public Law 117-328; Section 2213 required activities to maintain and enhance public health data systems.
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The U.S. Code directs CDC to “expand, modernize, improve, and sustain” public health data systems and designate interoperability standards.
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The Clerk records H.R. 2617 passing 225-201 and lists Underwood, Democratic, Illinois, as voting Yea.
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CDC says it and partners are modernizing the nation's public health data infrastructure and reports progress including 85% of emergency department visits available for situational awareness, 60,000+ facilities sending electronic initial case reports, 360,000 daily commercial lab results, and six core sources live in the One CDC Data Platform, while noting continuing challenges with outdated technology and interoperability.
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Senator Warren's official release says Warren and Representative Lauren Underwood led reintroduction of the Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act, and that the bill would improve maternal health data collection, reporting, and transparency standards during public health emergencies.
Assessments
Underwood materially pursued the promise by introducing public-health-data modernization legislation in the 117th and 118th Congresses and voting for the 2023 omnibus that enacted PREVENT Pandemics provisions requiring CDC to maintain, enhance, and modernize public health data systems. CDC implementation shows real progress, but the campaign still frames modernization as ongoing, CDC identifies continuing infrastructure and interoperability gaps, and Underwood's standalone Improving DATA in Public Health Act did not pass. This supports partial same-term fulfillment, not full delivery.
Underwood directly pursued the promise by introducing the Improving DATA in Public Health Act in the 117th and 118th Congresses, but those standalone bills did not advance beyond referral. However, during her same federal House tenure, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 became law with public-health-data modernization provisions, and Underwood voted for final passage. Because the enacted law partially addressed the promised outcome but was not clearly the result of her standalone bill or a complete fulfillment, partial credit is appropriate rather than full delivery.
Underwood made a serious legislative effort by introducing the Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements in Public Health Act in the 117th Congress and reintroducing it in the 118th Congress, directly matching the promise to modernize public health data infrastructure. However, the cited official records show the bills were only referred to committee/subcommittee and did not become law, and her 2025 campaign language still frames the issue as ongoing work. There is no evidence in the payload that the promised modernization was enacted or otherwise completed through federal executive action or enacted legislation attributable to her.