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HR 5496 98th Congress House Health Advisory bodies Department of Health and Human Services Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Medical innovations National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research and development Science and technology

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Center for Health Services Research as the National Center for Health Services Research and Medical Technology Assessment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 12, 1984 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 30, 1984
See S.771.
Oct 11, 1984
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.
Oct 9, 1984
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1334.
Oct 9, 1984
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 13, 1984
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jun 11, 1984
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 376 - 16 (Record Vote No: 225).
Jun 11, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 376 - 16 (Record Vote No: 225).
Jun 11, 1984
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Jun 4, 1984
Placed on Union Calendar No: 475.
Jun 4, 1984
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-818.
May 15, 1984
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
May 15, 1984
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 1, 1984
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
May 1, 1984
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 27, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held. Hearings printed: H. Hrg. 98-141.
Apr 24, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 12, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Apr 12, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 12, 1984
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Center for Health Services Research the National Center for Health Services Research and Medical Technology Assessment.

Includes among the duties of the Center research, evaluation, and demonstration projects respecting the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and social, economic, and ethical impacts of health care technologies.

Requires the Center to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services respecting medical technology issues and make recommendations with respect to whether specific medical technologies should be reimbursable under federally financed health programs.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to undertake and support (by grant or contract) research regarding technology diffusion, methods to assess medical technology, and specific medical technologies. Requires any such grant over a specified amount to be reviewed by the National Advisory Council on Medical Technology Assessment established by this Act.

Sets forth the functions pertaining to medical technology assessment for which the Secretary may make a grant to support a non-profit entity.

Establishes the National Advisory Council on Medical Technology Assessment to advise the Secretary and the Center with respect to the performance of the medical technology assessment functions set forth by this Act.

Repeals the provisions of such Act which provide for the establishment of the National Center for Health Care Technology.

Authorizes appropriations for health service research, evaluation, and demonstration activities undertaken or supported by the Center.

Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for health statistical, epidemiological, and medical technology assessment activities undertaken or supported by the Center or by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.

What's happening now October 30, 1984

See S.771.

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