Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act

It continues national, regional, and local public health efforts to prevent and respond to illnesses spread by ticks and other disease-carrying organisms.

What the law does ​

• Reauthorizes the national vector-borne disease strategy and regional centers of excellence for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
• Renews enhanced federal support for health departments addressing vector-borne diseases through fiscal year 2030.
• Allows appropriate individuals to help develop the national strategy without specifically involving the former Tick-Borne Disease Working Group.
• Requires the regional centers to operate through the designated entity rather than merely coordinate with it.

Who it affects ​

• State and local health departments responding to vector-borne diseases.
• Regional centers of excellence and public health professionals working on tick-borne and other vector-borne illnesses.
• People at risk of diseases spread by ticks and other organisms.

Breakdown ​

Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act ​

The law renews federal programs addressing ticks and other disease-carrying organisms for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It also updates how the national vector-borne disease strategy and regional centers of excellence are administered and removes the requirement to specifically involve the former Tick-Borne Disease Working Group.

Key takeaways

• The national strategy and regional centers of excellence in vector-borne diseases are reauthorized for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
• Enhanced federal support for health departments addressing vector-borne diseases is reauthorized for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
• The national strategy may be developed with appropriate individuals without specifically naming the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group.
• The law changes the administrative relationship for the regional centers from coordination with an entity to acting through that entity.