US Congress House Bill 6163 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on September 20 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-20 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in carrying out the Pediatric Research Initiative, to act through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to provide for the establishment of a National Pediatric Research Network. Authorizes the Director of the Institute to award funding to public or private nonprofit entities for: (1) planning, establishing, or strengthening pediatric research consortia; and (2) providing basic operating support for such consortia, including to meet unmet needs for pediatric research and train researchers in pediatric research techniques. Authorizes the Director of NIH to make awards for not more than 20 pediatric research consortia, which are to be formed from a collaboration of cooperating institutions, coordinated by a lead institution, and meet requirements prescribed by the Director of NIH. Allows such support to be for a period of five years with additional extensions by the Director of NIH. Requires the Director of NIH to provide for the coordination of activities among the consortia and to require the periodic preparation and submission of reports on their activities. Requires the Director of NIH to ensure that an appropriate number of such awards are awarded to consortia that agree to: (1) focus primarily on pediatric rare diseases or conditions; (2) conduct or coordinate multi-site clinical trials of therapies for, or approaches to, the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of pediatric rare diseases or conditions; and (3) rapidly and efficiently disseminate scientific findings from such trials. Requires the Director of NIH to establish a data coordinating center to: (1) distribute such findings; (2) provide assistance in the design and conduct of collaborative research projects and the management, analysis, and storage of data associated with such projects; (3) organize and conduct multi-site monitoring activities; and (4) provide assistance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the establishment or expansion of patient registries and other surveillance systems. Requires the Director of NIH to: (1) require the data coordinating center to provide regular reports to the Director of NIH and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) on research conducted by consortia, including information on enrollment in clinical trials and the allocation of resources with respect to such research; and (2) incorporate such information into NIH's biennial reports.

National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-20	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2012-09-19	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2012-09-19	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6138)
2012-09-19	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6163.
2012-09-19	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6138-61340)
2012-09-19	House	Mr. Upton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2012-09-11	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee .
2012-09-11	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2012-07-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-07-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB3461 (Same As) 2012-07-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6163/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6163/BILLS-112hr6163ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6163/BILLS-112hr6163eh.pdf