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Patients First Act of 2017

Introduced: June 15, 2017 Introduced by: Banks, Jim Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jun 16, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Jun 15, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jun 15, 2017

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patients First Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of, or treatments for, diseases and other adverse health conditions, provided that the techniques will not involve: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; (2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a living human embryo; or (3) the use of any stem cell the derivation or provision of which would be inconsistent with this bill.

HHS must issue guidelines to ensure that any research (including any clinical trial) supported under this bill: (1) is clearly consistent with the standards established in this bill, if conducted using human cells; and (2) is prioritized in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients.

HHS must report on peer reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded.

What's happening now June 16, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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