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Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2003

Introduced: November 20, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 20, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a grant program for State stroke care systems; (2) foster the development of stroke care systems through information sharing among agencies and individuals involved in such care; (3) develop a model curriculum for training emergency medical services personnel, including dispatchers, first responders, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, in stroke prehospital treatment; (4) issue best practices guidelines; and (5) provide public information on recognition of stroke symptoms and appropriate post-stroke actions. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for such purposes.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry; and (2) make State grants for the development of stroke care systems. Authorizes the Secretary to make related State planning grants.

Provides special grant consideration for States in a geographic area with an elevated incidence of stroke or stoke-caused disabilities.

What's happening now November 20, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2