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Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017
Introduced: March 16, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to develop a patient registry to collect data on mesothelioma.
The agency must use the registry to:
- enhance and expand infrastructure and activities for tracking the epidemiology of mesothelioma patients;
- collect, consolidate, and report on health information on mesothelioma patients;
- describe the incidence and prevalence of mesothelioma in the United States;
- facilitate research on mesothelioma;
- examine factors that may be associated with mesothelioma;
- outline key demographic factors associated with mesothelioma; and
- make information available to the public to facilitate and enhance research on, and the prevention and treatment of, mesothelioma.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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