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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases.

Introduced: December 11, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 21, 1982
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Dec 21, 1982
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Dec 21, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Dec 21, 1982
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 21, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 21, 1982
Unanimous Consent Request to Consider Measure Rejected in House.
Jul 20, 1982
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held.
Jun 17, 1982
Committee on Labor and Human Resources received executive comment from Health and Human Services Department. Unfavorable.
Dec 16, 1981
Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department; VA; Defense Department; GAO; OMB.
Dec 11, 1981
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Dec 11, 1981
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SUAMDT 1,585 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and… Agreed to Dec 21, 1982
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
(Measure passed Senate, amended)

Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Sets forth the Institute's research and training functions and diseases program plan.

Requires the Director of the Institute to establish a data system and an information clearinghouse.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish: (1) an Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease Interagency Coordinating Committee; and (2) a Skin Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee. Requires such Committees to: (1) meet at least four times a year; and (2) report annually to the Secretary and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases demonstration projects. States that patient data and recordkeeping shall be standardized.

Provides for the development, modernization, and operation of new and existing arthritis and musculoskeletal disease centers. Establishes five-year renewable support periods.

Requires biennial Institute reports to the Secretary.

Requires a study of: (1) NIH research and structural effectiveness; and (2) the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Prohibits the establishment of any new national research institutes until at least six months after the submission of the NIH report required by this Act.

What's happening now December 21, 1982

Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 18, 1982
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