S 521 109th Congress Senate Health AIDS (Disease) Access to health care Armed Forces and National Security Chronically ill Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Communicable diseases Communication in medicine Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Curricula Department of Health and Human Services Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Epidemiology

Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act

Introduced: March 3, 2005 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 3, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2027-2029)

Mar 3, 2005

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a plan for the prevention, control, and management of hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) implement programs to increase awareness of HCV; and (2) support activities to promote the early detection of HCV infection, identify risk factors for infection, and conduct surveillance of HCV infection trends.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to: (1) conduct epidemiologic research to identify best practices for HCV prevention; (2) establish a Hepatitis C Clinic Research Network to conduct research related to the treatment and medical management of HCV; and (3) conduct basic research to identify new approaches to prevent and treat HCV.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) promote State, local, and tribal programs to provide referrals for medical evaluation and management to HCV-positive individuals; (2) examine whether the HCV programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should be part of the Federal plan; and (3) develop benchmarks for evaluating the programs and activities conducted under this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, or nonprofit entities to carry out activities under this Act.

Requires the Director of NIH to establish a Liver Disease Research Advisory Board.

What's happening now March 3, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2027-2029)

Committees of jurisdiction 1