Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Communication, and Healthcare Amendments of 2007

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and to strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus.

5/10/2007--Introduced.
Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Communication, and Healthcare Amendments of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand research on lupus to include:
(1) basic research to discover the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of the disease; and
(2) research to validate lupus biomarkers. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to work with a consortium of academic health institutions to undertake an epidemiological study to determine the prevalence and incidence of lupus in the United States. Requires the Director of CDC to:
(1) enter into a cooperative agreement with such consortium to develop, implement, and manage a system for lupus data collection and analysis; and
(2) ensure that such consortium represents different geographic areas and includes individuals of racial and ethnic backgrounds disproportionately affected by lupus. Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to study and make recommendations related to lupus, to include:
(1) evaluating federal and state activities related to lupus and recommending ways to expand such activities;
(2) identifying gaps in federal research; and
(3) recommending ways to improve the quality of life for people with lupus. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office on Women's Health, to conduct and support a national lupus public awareness and health professional education campaign, with an emphasis on reaching populations at highest risk for the disease.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
• and 16 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
  • Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
  • Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
  • Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1359

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 10, 2007

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• May 10, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Introduced on May 10, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.1192

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• Medicine
• Asian American ethnic groups
• Autoimmune diseases
• Blacks
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• Budgets
• Communication in medicine
• Communications
• Data banks
• Education
• Epidemiology
• Federal aid to health facilities
• Federal aid to research
• Health education
• Health information systems
• Higher education
• Hispanic Americans
• Indian medical care
• Medical care
• Medical education
• Medical research
• Medical statistics
• Medical tests
• Minorities
• Minority health
• Nonprofit organizations
• Public contracts
• Quality of life
• Science policy
• Social services
• Technology
• Women
• Women's health

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June 27, 2008 Unter Toten

(S. 1359) Was Max Aue vom aischyleischen Orest unterscheidet, ist eben die Reue, die ihm fehlt, um sich von den Erinyen zu befreien. Nach dem Zusammenbruch des Dritten Reichs wird der Übergang von der alten in die neue Ordnung durch die ...

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March 10, 2008 Lupus Advocacy Day: Call your Senators and Representatives on ...

... the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and and ask them to cosponsor S. 1359/HR 1192, the Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Healthcare, and Communications (REACH) Amendment. ...

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October 31, 2007 Auf der Straße zu einem Heilmittel: Die spätesten Aktualisierungen ...

S. 1359/HR 1192 werden unserer Nation helfen, beträchtliche Schritte nach Überbrücken der Lücken in Wolfforschung, Erziehung, und Bewusstsein zu machen. Gesundheitfachleute und Forscher werden zu bedeutend erhöht die Leben von den ...

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