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HR 1570 111th Congress House

Congenital Heart Futures Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to coordinate Federal congenital heart disease research efforts and to improve public education and awareness of congeni… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to coordinate Federal congenital heart disease research efforts and to improve public education and awareness of congenital heart disease, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 18, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congenital Heart Futures Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with appropriate congenital heart disease patient organizations and professional organizations, to conduct, support, and promote a comprehensive public education campaign to increase awareness regarding congenital heart disease, including the need for lifelong treatment.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) award a grant to one entity to enhance and expand infrastructure to track the epidemiology of congenital heart disease and to organize such information into a comprehensive National Congenital Heart Disease Registry with the purpose of facilitating research into the types of health services patients use and identifying possible areas for educational outreach and prevention; and (2) establish an Advisory Committee on Congenital Heart Disease.

Authorizes the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate research and related activities of the Institute regarding congenital heart disease.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 5 Republican 2
Kosmas, Suzanne
· Jul 29, 2010
Ellsworth, Brad
· May 19, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 12, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 20, 2010
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Sep 29, 2009
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 17, 2009
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 7, 2009
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 30, 2009
Wilson, Charles
· Mar 18, 2009
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 17, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1570: Congenital Heart Futures Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1570/
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"H.R. 1570: Congenital Heart Futures Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1570/.
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H.R. 1570, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1570/.
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