Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007

A bill to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans by expanding and accelerating genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase the safety of drugs, and identify novel treatments.

3/23/2007--Introduced.
Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to:
(1) establish the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Interagency Working Group (IWG) to facilitate collaboration, coordination, and integration of activities among federal agencies relating to genomic research and initiatives;
(2) establish a national biobanking distributed database for the collection and integration of genomic data and associated environmental and clinical health information;
(3) establish a grant program for academic medical centers and other entities to develop or expand biobanking initiatives;
(4) improve genetics and genomics training for diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of adults and children for both rare and common disorders;
(5) contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study incentives to encourage companion diagnostic test development; and
(6) make information available on the safety and efficacy of genetic tests and commission a study for improving federal oversight and regulation of such tests. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to:
(1) conduct an analysis of the public health impact of direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests; and
(2) expand efforts to educate the public about genomics and its health applications.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 23, 2007

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• Mar 23, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Mar 23, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3708-3710)
• Introduced on Mar 23, 2007.

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August 19, 2008 With GINA Now Law, Aide Reaffirms Obama's Commitment to Genomics ...

Hughes told a Genetic Alliance meeting on Capitol Hill yesterday that Obama “remains committed” to seeing that the bill, the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 (S. 976), which would focus on genetic testing, is passed, ...

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March 29, 2008 Sen. Obama supports eugenics

Barack Obama without much fanfare introduced Senate bill S.976 with a stated purpose “to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans by expanding and accelerating genomics research and initiatives to improve the ...

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August 01, 2007 The New Laws of Genetics

The Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 (S.976.IS), introduced in the Senate March 23, 2007 by Mr. Obama (D-IL) and Mr. Burr (D-IL) is essentially a relatively large research and development-spending bill. ...

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