US Congress House Bill 2436 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to appropriate age groupings to be included in research studies involving human subjects. This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to convene a workshop within 180 days of enactment of this Act on appropriate age groupings and age exclusions in human research. Not later than 180 days after the conclusion of the workshop, the NIH must publish guidelines addressing consideration of age in human research. The NIH must publish the number of children included in NIH research disaggregated by age group, race, and gender.

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to appropriate age groupings to be included in research studies involving human subjects.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-05-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-05-19	House	Introduced in House

HB6 (Related) 2015-07-13 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2436/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2436/BILLS-114hr2436ih.pdf