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Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2008

Introduced: July 31, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 31, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7952)
Jul 31, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to award grants or contracts for: (1) the development and production of educational materials concerning the evidence available on the relative safety, effectiveness, and cost of prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and nondrug interventions for treating selected conditions, to be distributed and presented to health care providers who prescribe such drugs and their patients; and (2) the development and implementation of a program to appropriately train and deploy health professionals to distribute such materials to, and otherwise educate, physicians and other drug prescribers concerning such drugs and interventions.

Requires that grantees receive no support from any entity that manufactures products used to treat the medical conditions discussed.

What's happening now July 31, 2008

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1