S. 3115
Referred to CommitteePediatric Research Improvement Act of 2016
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
6/29/2016 • Senate
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Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2016
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the Pediatric Research Initiative to require collaboration with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and require establishment of a National Pediatric Research Network comprised of pediatric research consortia.
The National Institutes of Health must award funding to entities supporting pediatric research consortia. Supported consortia must, upon request, provide assistance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for patient registries and other surveillance systems.Introduced in Senate • 6/29/2016
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Originated in the Senate
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June 29, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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