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Background: H.CON.RES.58 Title: Expressing the sense of Congress that any effort to reengineer the health care system in the United States should incorporate sustainable wellness programs that address the underlying causal factors associated with chronic disease. Sponsor: Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] (introduced 2/24/2009) Cosponsors (6) Latest Major Action: 2/24/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Goal of Action:Calls for Congress to ensure that any reengineering of the U.S. health care system

Specifics/Means of Goal:
(1) incorporates sustainable wellness programs that address the underlying causal factors associated with chronic disease;
(2) ensures that the public has access to strategies for improving individual health and increasing individual capacity to engage in activities of daily living through lifestyle change, including strategies relating to diet, exercise, smoking cessation, and stress reduction;
(3) provides patient-centered care--
(A) that addresses personal health needs; and
(B) that uses a multidimensional approach to encourage patients to improve their own wellness through lifestyle changes and the use of scientifically based therapies and outcomes-based treatments that facilitate the inherent ability of the human body to maintain and restore optimal health; and
(4) utilizes clearly defined standards to determine when the implementation of wellness and health promotion activities will be useful for each patient based on the diet, exercise habits, individual health history, and family health history of the patient.

Type of Power: This is an implied power, there is really no part that says congress can to this. The only one that is slightly close to a power they can use is the promoteing the progress of science part.

Analysis: I think this is a good idea but I do not think Congress has the power to do this based on the Constitution