3.0.0 1717 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z Senate S S 2003-10-03 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-10-03T17:22:17Z 2003-10-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-10-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12469) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2003-10-03 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2003-10-03 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-10-03 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2003-10-16 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2003-10-22 False C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2004-03-08 False T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2004-07-07 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2004-09-08 False Health Blood Blood banks Data banks Directories Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Genetic research Genetics Medical research Science, Technology, Communications Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Health 00 2003-10-03 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-14T19:54:04Z Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to enter into contracts with qualified cord blood stem cell banks to assist in the establishment, provision, and maintenance of a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network of at least 150,000 units of human cord blood stem cells. Lists the purposes of qualifying donor banks and requirements qualifying donor banks must meet.

Directs the Secretary, through the Administrator, to establish as part of the Network a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Registry. Sets forth the functions of the Registry, which shall include: (1) operating a system for identifying, acquiring, and distributing donated units or cord blood; (2) maintaining a database with certain information, including the clinical outcomes of all transplantations related to the Network; and (3) providing transplant physicians and other health care professionals with the ability to search for donor matches.

]]> Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003 Display Title Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stems cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research using such cells. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-03T04:00:00Z 2003-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.