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S 3115 114th Congress Senate Health Child health Health information and medical records Medical research Research administration and funding

Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2016

Introduced: June 29, 2016 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Jun 29, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 29, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the Pediatric Research Initiative to require collaboration with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and require establishment of a National Pediatric Research Network comprised of pediatric research consortia.

The National Institutes of Health must award funding to entities supporting pediatric research consortia. Supported consortia must, upon request, provide assistance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for patient registries and other surveillance systems.
What's happening now June 29, 2016

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

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 6 Related bill 21st Century Cures Act
  • HR 34 Related bill 21st Century Cures Act
  • HR 2548 Related bill Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2015
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 17, 2016
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 15, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3115: Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3115/
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