US Congress House Bill 877 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 47-2)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Patients First Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of, or treatments for, diseases and other adverse health conditions, including pluripotent stem cells that have the flexibility of embryonic stem cells (whether or not such pluripotent stem cells have an embryonic source), provided that such techniques will not involve: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; (2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a living human embryo; or (3) the use of any stem cell the derivation or provision of which would be inconsistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines implementing this Act to ensure that any research (including any clinical trial) supported under this Act: (1) is clearly consistent with the standards established in this Act, if conducted using human cells; (2) is prioritized in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients; and (3) may take into account techniques outlined by the President's Council on Bioethics and any other appropriate techniques and research.Requires the Secretary to: (1) report on peer reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded; and (2) study and submit recommendations to Congress on any structural changes to the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program that would help to expand access to new and future stem cell therapeutic products.

Patients First Act of 2009

Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Rep. John Boehner [R-OH]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-09		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-02-04		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/877/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr877/BILLS-111hr877ih.pdf