US Congress Senate Bill 571 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: Introduced on March 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue to expand and intensify research and related NIH activities with respect to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Requires the Directors of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to continue to conduct and support research to expand understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to undertake psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection and develop a psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patient registry. Encourages the Secretary to convene a summit on federal efforts regarding psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis research, treatment, education, quality-of-life, and data collection. Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Institutes of Medicine to study insurance coverage of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2009

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-11		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB930 (Same As) 2009-02-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/571/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s571/BILLS-111s571is.pdf