American Cures Act [HB-2104]
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American Cures Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program. The bill also requires annual appropriations for
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HB-2104: American Cures Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
Research for All Act of 2015 [HB-2101]
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Research for All Act of 2015 This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that the clinical trials for products granted expedited approval to treat a serious or life-threatening condition are sufficient to determine the safety and effectiveness of the products for men and women using subgroup analysis. This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the FDA, at the request of the drug sponsor, to facilitate development and expedite review of a new drug that is: intended to avoid serious adverse events or
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HB-2101: Research for All Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/01/2015
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act [HB-2069]
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Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to establish, administer, and coordinate a National Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Consortium to: award grants for research on the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO (a neurological disease leading to blindness and paralysis); assemble a panel of experts to provide ongoing guidance and recommendations on research design and protocols; and designate a central laboratory to collect, analyze, and
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HB-2069: Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/01/2015
End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act [HB-1797]
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End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act This bill expands programs to address neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which are infections caused by pathogens, including viruses, microbes, and helminths (parasitic worms), that disproportionately impact individuals living in extreme poverty, especially in developing countries. The NTDs Program of the U.S. Agency for International Development must be expanded, including by: (1) adding morbidity management to treatment plans, (2) addressing additional NTDs, and (3) establishing a research and development program.
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HB-1797: End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 01/07/2016
Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act [HB-1631]
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Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements for medical rehabilitation research. The purpose of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) is revised to include coordination of research and research training. The NCMRR must develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for medical rehabilitation research. Currently, this research plan is developed and updated by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute
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HB-1631: Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2015
Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act [HB-1469]
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Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements for medical rehabilitation research. The purpose of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) is revised to include coordination of research and research training. The NCMRR must develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for medical rehabilitation research. Currently, this research plan is developed and updated by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute
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HB-1469: Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/20/2015
American Health Security Act of 2015 [HB-1200]
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American Health Security Act of 2015 Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives concerning recognition of health care as a human right. Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state to establish a state health security program. Eliminates benefits under: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act; (2)
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HB-1200: American Health Security Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Loretta Sanchez
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015 [HB-1055]
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Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015 Removes restrictions on the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide dental care to veterans (thereby requiring dental care on the same basis as other VA-provided medical care and services). Authorizes the VA, Department of Defense, Bureau of Prisons, and Indian Health Service to carry out demonstration programs to train and employ alternative dental health care providers in order to increase access to dental services. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a
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HB-1055: Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/23/2015
A resolution supporting the goals of World Tuberculosis Day to raise awareness about tuberculosis. [SR-393]
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Supports the goals of World Tuberculosis Day to raise awareness about tuberculosis. Commends the progress of anti-tuberculosis efforts by entities that include the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Reaffirms the commitment to global tuberculosis control set forth in the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003.
SR-393: A resolution supporting the goals of World Tuberculosis Day to raise awareness about tuberculosis.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1694) on 03/24/2014
Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014 [S.2966]
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Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires studies on critical care health services by the Institute of Medicine and the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Directs HHS to establish the Critical Care Coordinating Working Group within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to: (1) advance research and research training in the critical care setting across NIH and HHS; (2) coordinate funding opportunities that involve multiple components of HHS; (3) catalyze the development
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S.2966: Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/20/2014
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act [S.2658]
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Accelerating Biomedical Research Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
S.2658: Accelerating Biomedical Research Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4906-4908) on 07/24/2014
Alzheimer's Accountability Act of 2014 [S.2192]
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Alzheimer's Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends the National Alzheimer's Project Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for each fiscal year through FY2025, to submit to the President for review and transmittal to Congress, after reasonable opportunity for comment (but without change) by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services, an annual budget estimate (including regarding personnel needs) for the NIH initiatives under the Act.
S.2192: Alzheimer's Accountability Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/01/2014
American Cures Act [S.2115]
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American Cures Act - Establishes a Biomedical Research Fund to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research. Requires amounts to be transferred from the Fund for each fiscal year to accounts related to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Defense (DOD) health program, and the medical and prosthetics research program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that funding for
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S.2115: American Cures Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1586-1587) on 03/12/2014
Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act [S.2100]
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Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act - Directs the Secretary of State to work to advance the goals of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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S.2100: Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1418) on 03/10/2014
SPRINT Act [S.2035]
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Suicide Prevention Research INnovaTion Act or the SPRINT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the National Institute of Mental Health to use funds made available by this Act exclusively for the purpose of conducting and supporting: (1) research on the determinants of self-directed and other violence in mental illness, including studies designed to reduce the risk of self-harm, suicide, and interpersonal violence, especially in rural communities with a shortage of mental health services; and (2) brain research through the Brain Research
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S.2035: SPRINT Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Schumer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/24/2014
American Health Security Act of 2013 [S.1782]
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American Health Security Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of the Senate concerning: (1) enactment of a Medicare-for-All Single Payer Health Care System; (2) recognition of health care as a human right; (3) state flexibility in designing health care programs; and (4) the goals of a new single-payer health care system, efficiencies through integrated care, and implementation of policies to ensure higher quality, better prevention, and lower per capita costs. Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident
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S.1782: American Health Security Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/09/2013
Next Generation Research Act [S.1552]
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Next Generation Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Next Generation of Research Initiative in the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for coordination of all NIH policies and programs aimed at promoting and providing opportunities for new researchers. Requires the Director to: (1) promote existing policies and programs to improve opportunities for new researchers; (2) develop or modify policies, including to strengthen mentorship programs and enhance diversity efforts; and (3) request
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S.1552: Next Generation Research Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/26/2013
Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2013 [S.1522]
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Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to cover dental services. Increases the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for funding under Medicaid for dental services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to maintain a database containing information on each state regarding dental benefits available for adults enrolled in the state Medicaid program. Amends the
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S.1522: Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/18/2013
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [S.1284]
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, of Health and Human Services (HHS), and of Education, and related agencies for FY2014. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) the Office of the Job Corps; (3) community service employment for
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S.1284: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Harkin
Committee On Appropriations. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 07/11/2013