3.0.0 1290 2021-04-20T19:17:58Z 2021-04-20T19:17:58Z House H HR 2005-03-14 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-03-22T22:02:13Z Referred to 2005-03-14T17:31:20Z Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act 109 521 S 2005-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2027-2029) Identical bill CRS 2005-03-22 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-03-14 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-03-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000789 Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] HEATHER WILSON R NM 1 N T000326 Rep. 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Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2005-07-28 False M000639 Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] Robert Menendez D NJ 13 2005-11-03 False J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2005-11-15 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2005-12-08 False R000033 Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] JIM RAMSTAD R MN 3 2005-12-13 False A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2005-12-15 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2005-12-16 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2006-01-31 False B001229 Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] BRIAN BAIRD D WA 3 2006-01-31 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2006-02-07 False E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2006-02-15 False B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2006-02-28 False D000197 Rep. 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CLAY D MO LACY 1 2006-05-04 False Health AIDS (Disease) Access to health care Armed Forces and National Security Chronically ill Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Communicable diseases Communication in medicine Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Curricula Department of Health and Human Services Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Epidemiology Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Federal-state relations Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health counseling Health education Health information systems Health planning Hepatitis Higher education Human immunodeficiency viruses Indian medical care Intravenous drug abuse Liver diseases Medical education Medical personnel Medical records Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medical tests Minorities National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nonprofit organizations Paramedical personnel Performance measurement Police Preventive medicine Public health Quality of life Research grants Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Vaccination Veterans' medical care Health 00 2005-03-14 Introduced in House 2005-04-23T15:22:13Z Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a plan for the prevention, control, and management of hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) implement programs to increase awareness of HCV; and (2) support activities to promote the early detection of HCV infection, identify risk factors for infection, and conduct surveillance of HCV infection trends.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to: (1) conduct epidemiologic research to identify best practices for HCV prevention; (2) establish a Hepatitis C Clinic Research Network to conduct research related to the treatment and medical management of HCV; and (3) conduct basic research to identify new approaches to prevent and treat HCV.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) promote State, local, and tribal programs to provide referrals for medical evaluation and management to HCV-positive individuals; (2) examine whether the HCV programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should be part of the Federal plan; and (3) develop benchmarks for evaluating the programs and activities conducted under this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, or nonprofit entities to carry out activities under this Act.

Requires the Director of NIH to establish a Liver Disease Research Advisory Board.

]]> Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act Short Titles as Introduced Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act Display Title Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection. Introduced in House 2005-03-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr1290ih/xml/BILLS-109hr1290ih.xml 2005-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.