US Congress House Bill 3502 (Prior Session Legislation)

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September 8 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Mitochondrial Medicine Research and Treatment Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) an Office of Mitochondrial Medicine (OMM). Requires the OMM Director to develop, make publicly available, implement, and biennially update a written plan to facilitate research into mitochondrial medicine. Sets forth as plan objectives: (1) improving coordination of research related to mitochondrial medicine among the national research institutes and between NIH and outside researchers; (2) providing training to research scientists and health professionals engaged in research related to mitochondrial medicine; (3) providing training to health care providers regarding the diagnosis of mitochondrial disease and dysfunction; and (4) establishing scientific review groups with expertise in mitochondrial medicine to oversee relevant research projects in NIH. Requires the OMM Director to award at least five grants, annually, for each of the following: (1) integrated, multi-project research programs related to mitochondrial medicine; and (2) planning activities associated with such programs. Authorizes the Director to award grants to institutions or consortiums of institutions to establish Mitochondrial Medicine Centers of Excellence to promote interdisciplinary research and training related to mitochondrial medicine. Requires the Director to establish: (1) a national registry for the maintenance and sharing for research purposes of medical information collected from patients with mitochondrial disease or dysfunction; and (2) a national biorepository for the maintenance and sharing for research purposes of tissues and DNA collected from such patients.

Mitochondrial Medicine Research and Treatment Enhancement Act

Rep Wittman, Robert J.	Rep Fleming, John	Rep Taylor, Gene	Rep Murphy, Tim
Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.	Rep Van Hollen, Chris	Rep Tierney, John F.
Rep Thompson, Mike	Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Cassidy, Bill
Rep Childers, Travis	Rep Nunes, Devin	Rep Kirk, Mark Steven	Rep Harper, Gregg
Rep Garamendi, John	Rep Bachus, Spencer	Rep Wolf, Frank R.	Rep Tiberi, Patrick J.
Rep Thornberry, Mac	Rep Johnson, Timothy V.	Rep Ellsworth, Brad	Rep Sestak, Joe
Rep Schiff, Adam B.	Rep Berman, Howard L.	Rep Andrews, Robert E.	Rep Adler, John H.
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie	Rep Sutton, Betty	Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Massa, Eric J. J.
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Eshoo, Anna G.	Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep Boccieri, John A.
Rep Boswell, Leonard L.	Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Moore, Dennis	Rep McDermott, Jim
Rep Lowey, Nita M.	Rep Larsen, Rick	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Driehaus, Steve
Rep Doyle, Michael F.	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Cleaver, Emanuel	Rep Braley, Bruce L.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-09-08		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-07-31		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB2858 (Related) 2009-12-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN03502:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr3502ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr3502ih.pdf