Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act

To expand the research, prevention, and awareness activities of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to inflammatory bowel disease, and for other purposes.

2/16/2007--Introduced.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand, intensify, and coordinate the Institute's research activities on inflammatory bowel disease, with an emphasis on:
(1) genetic research on susceptibility for inflammatory bowel disease;
(2) research targeted to increase knowledge about the causes and complications of inflammatory bowel disease in children;
(3) animal model research;
(4) clinical research;
(5) expansion of the Institute's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centers program with a focus on pediatric research; and
(6) other research initiatives identified in specified documents.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to:
(1) develop a system to collect data on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease;
(2) establish the National Pediatric IBD Registry; and
(3) establish the Advisory Committee on Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease to study and make recommendations relating to the Registry. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prepare a National Inflammatory Bowel Disease Action Plan to:
(1) address the burden of inflammatory bowel disease in both adult and pediatric populations;
(2) address strategies for determining the unique demographic, geographic, and environmental-exposure characteristics of the inflammatory bowel disease population;
(3) focus on strategies for increasing awareness about the disease within the general public and the health care community; and
(4) address mechanisms designed to prevent the progression of the disease and the development of complications.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
• and 173 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
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• Feb 27, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Feb 16, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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