Women's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Act of 2008

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop multidisciplinary research centers regarding women's health and disease prevention, and for other purposes.

4/15/2008--Introduced.
Women's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of centers to conduct multidisciplinary research on environmental factors that may be related to the development of women's health conditions. Requires each such center to:
(1) conduct basic or clinical research;
(2) develop protocols and conduct training programs for physicians, scientists, nurses, and other health and allied health professionals;
(3) disseminate information to such professionals and the public; and
(4) emphasize activities that are directed toward preventing the development in women of the diseases and conditions involved. Allows a center to use funds to provide stipends for health and allied health professionals enrolled in training programs.
Requires each center to establish and maintain ongoing collaborations with community organizations in the geographic area served by the center, including organizations that represent women or children with disorders that appear to stem from environmental factors.
Requires the Director to provide for the coordination of information among centers and ensure regular communication between them.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
• and 19 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
April 15, 2008

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• Apr 16, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Apr 15, 2008: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Apr 15, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E615)
• Introduced on Apr 15, 2008.

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• Women's health
• Women
• Scientists
• Science policy
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• Research centers
• Preventive medicine
• Physicians
• Paramedical personnel
• Nurses
• Medical research
• Medical education
• Medical care
• Higher education
• Health policy
• Health information systems
• Health education
• Government publicity
• Government information
• Federal aid to research
• Federal aid to health facilities
• Epidemiology
• Environmental research
• Environmental protection
• Environmental health
• Education
• Communications
• Communication in medicine
• Children
• Child health
• Budgets
• Medicine

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