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HR 1807 114th Congress House

Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and to provide for sickle cell disea… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and to provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment.

Introduced: May 13, 2015 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Apr 17, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 15, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 15, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 17, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to states to: (1) collect data on the prevalence and distribution of sickle cell disease, (2) conduct sickle cell disease public health initiatives to improve access to care and health outcomes, and (3) identify and evaluate strategies for prevention and treatment of sickle cell disease complications.

The demonstration program to improve the prevention and treatment of sickle cell disease is revised, extended indefinitely, and moved from the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 to the Public Health Service Act.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · May 13, 2015
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 13, 2015
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Apr 22, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1807: Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1807/
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"H.R. 1807: Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1807/.
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H.R. 1807, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1807/.
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