US Congress Senate Resolution 141 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on May 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-05-11 - Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5332)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses support for the designation of June 2009 as National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiecstasia (HHT) month. Recognizes: (1) the need to pursue research to find better treatments and a cure for HHT; (2) the HHT Foundation International as the only U.S. advocacy organization working to find a cure for HHT while saving the lives and improving the well-being of individuals and families affected; (3) the importance of comprehensive care centers in providing complete care and treatment for HHT patients; (4) that stroke, lung, and brain hemorrhages can be prevented through early diagnosis, screening, and treatment of HHT; (5) that severe hemorrhages in the nose and gastrointestinal tract can be controlled through intervention and that heart failure can be managed through proper diagnosis and treatments of HHT; and (6) that a leading medical and academic institution estimated that $6.6 billion of one-time health care costs can be saved through aggressive management of HHT in the at-risk population. Acknowledges the need to identify the approximately 90% of the HHT population that has not yet been diagnosed and that is at risk for death or disability due to sudden rupture of the blood vessels in major organs in the body.

A resolution recognizing June 2009 as the first National Hemorrhagic Telangiecstasia (HHT) month, established to increase awareness of HHT, which is a complex genetic blood vessel disorder that affects approximately 70,000 people in the United States.

Sen. Robert Bennett [R-UT]

Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]

Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-11		Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5332)

HR536 (Related) 2009-06-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SR161 (Related) 2009-05-21 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5885; text as passed Senate: CR S5885; text of measure as introduced: CR S5877)
SR508 (Related) 2010-05-26 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4469-4470; text as passed Senate: CR S4470)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-resolution/141/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sres141/BILLS-111sres141is.pdf