US Congress Senate Bill 621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3180-3182)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Congenital Heart Futures Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with appropriate congenital heart disease patient organizations and professional organizations, to conduct, support, and promote a comprehensive public education campaign to increase awareness regarding congenital heart disease, including the need for lifelong treatment. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) award a grant to one entity to enhance and expand infrastructure to track the epidemiology of congenital heart disease and to organize such information into a comprehensive National Congenital Heart Disease Registry with the purpose of facilitating research into the types of health services patients use and identifying possible areas for educational outreach and prevention; and (2) establish an Advisory Committee on Congenital Heart Disease. Authorizes the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate research and related activities of the Institute regarding congenital heart disease.

Congenital Heart Futures Act

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-17		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3180-3182)
2009-03-17		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3180)

HB1570 (Same As) 2009-03-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/621/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s621/BILLS-111s621is.pdf