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
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 29, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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