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HR 5083 103th Congress House

Women's Health Regional Centers Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the development and operation of regional centers to conduct research and provide education and training regarding women's health.

Introduced: September 22, 1994 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 103rd Congress (1993–1994) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 24, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Sep 22, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 22, 1994
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1917)
Sep 22, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 24, 1994

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Women's Health Regional Centers Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of centers to carry out specified activities regarding women's health conditions.

Requires the Director to provide for the development of five centers and to ensure that such a center is developed in each of the principal geographic regions of the United States.

Directs each center to: (1) conduct basic, clinical, and applied research and training programs for health professionals and scientists; (2) devleop curricula and model continuing education programs for training health professionals and scientists and model programs for the delivery of health services to women; (3) disseminate information to health professionals, scientists, and the public; and (4) develop, in the case of women who are in the medical profession, model programs for training such women in the skills necessary for achieving positions of leadership in such schools and in academic health centers.

Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) coordination of information; (2) structure of centers; (3) duration of support; and (4) limits on support.

Authorizes appropriations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 3, 1994
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 29, 1994
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