Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007

A bill to provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.

6/27/2007--Introduced.
Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. Requires the Committee to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health regarding how officials can:
(1) ensure interagency coordination and communication and minimize overlap regarding efforts to address tick-borne diseases;
(2) identify opportunities to coordinate efforts with other federal agencies and private organizations addressing such diseases;
(3) ensure interagency coordination and communication with constituency groups;
(4) ensure that a broad spectrum of scientific viewpoints is represented in public heath policy decisions and that information disseminated to the public and physicians is balanced; and
(5) advise relevant federal agencies on priorities related to Lyme and tick-borne diseases. Requires the Secretary, acting through the appropriate federal officials, to provide for the coordination of all federal programs and activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including:
(1) developing sensitive and accurate diagnostic tools and tests,
(2) improving the efficient utilization of diagnostic testing currently available;
(3) accurately determining the prevalence of such diseases;
(4) evaluating the feasibility of creating a national uniform reporting system;
(5) providing and promoting access to a clearinghouse of information on such diseases;
(6) increasing public education related to such diseases;
(7) creating a physician education program;
(8) establishing epidemiological research objectives to determine the long term course of illness for Lyme disease; and
(9) determining the effectiveness of different treatment modalities by establishing treatment outcome objectives


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Sponsor

• Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
• and 15 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
  • Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
  • Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
  • Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1708

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 27, 2007

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• Jun 27, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Introduced on Jun 27, 2007.

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• Medicine
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• Communication in medicine
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• Communications
• Conferences
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Data banks
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Education
• Epidemiology
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Federal advisory bodies
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Health education
• Health policy
• Health surveys
• Higher education
• Lyme disease
• Medical care
• Medical education
• Medical laboratories
• Medical research
• Medical tests
• Science policy
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