US Congress House Bill 2548 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2015 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.

Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2015

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-05-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-05-21	House	Introduced in House

HB6 (Related) 2015-07-13 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2548/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2548/BILLS-114hr2548ih.pdf