US Congress House Bill 2069 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 aggregate data from this research and to make the data and analysis available to researchers.

Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-04-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-04-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2069/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2069/BILLS-114hr2069ih.pdf