US Congress Senate Bill 1273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 16 2009 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) , acting through the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, to: (1) develop a system to collect data on multiple sclerosis (MS) and a system to collect data on Parkinson's disease; (2) establish a national surveillance system for the collection and storage of data for each such disease, including population-based registries of U.S. cases of MS and Parkinson's disease; (3) provide analysis regarding expansion of national disease surveillance systems for other neurological diseases and disorders; and (4) establish the Advisory Committee on Neurological Disease Registries. Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director, to provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on MS and Parkinson's disease. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) identify, build upon, expand, and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure wherever possible; and (2) provide for research access to Parkinson's disease and MS data. Requires the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information collected are made available to agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Department of Defense (DOD).

National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act

Sen Begich, Mark	Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E.	Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon	Sen Crapo, Mike
Sen Isakson, Johnny	Sen Chambliss, Saxby	Sen Udall, Mark	Sen Hagan, Kay
Sen Udall, Tom	Sen Franken, Al	Sen Johanns, Mike	Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin
Sen Grassley, Chuck	Sen Murkowski, Lisa	Sen Cardin, Benjamin L.	Sen Dorgan, Byron L.
Sen Sanders, Bernard	Sen Bingaman, Jeff	Sen Boxer, Barbara	Sen Brown, Sherrod
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr.	Sen Durbin, Richard	Sen Lautenberg, Frank R.	Sen Menendez, Robert
Sen Schumer, Charles E.	Sen Stabenow, Debbie	Sen Dodd, Christopher J.	Sen Inouye, Daniel K.
Sen Akaka, Daniel K.	Sen Conrad, Kent	Sen Wicker, Roger F.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-16		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1362 (Same As) 2010-09-29 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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