US Congress House Bill 1859 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on April 1 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to award grants or contracts for: (1) the development and production of educational materials concerning the evidence available on the relative safety, effectiveness, and cost of prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and nondrug interventions for treating selected conditions, to be distributed and presented to health care providers who prescribe such drugs and their patients; and (2) the development and implementation of a program to appropriately train and deploy health professionals to distribute such materials to, and otherwise educate, physicians and other drug prescribers concerning such drugs and interventions. Requires that grantees receive no support from any entity that manufactures products used to treat the medical conditions discussed.

Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2009

Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-02		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-04-01		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB767 (Same As) 2009-04-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1859/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1859/BILLS-111hr1859ih.pdf