3.0.0 6214 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z House H HR 2006-09-27 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-10-02T17:59:35Z Referred to 2006-09-27T14:00:05Z 2006-10-02 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-09-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 N Health Arthritis Autoimmune diseases Economics and Public Finance Education Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Grants-in-aid Health education Higher education Medical education Medical research Mental depression Mental illness Minorities Minority health Multiple sclerosis Physicians Quality of life Rheumatism Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Student loan funds Women Women's health Health 00 2006-09-27 Introduced in House 2006-11-21T23:14:25Z Prevention, Awareness, and Research of Autoimmune Disease Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to eligible entities to conduct public and professional awareness activities regarding autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia. Defines an "eligible entity" as a nonprofit organization, a consumer group, an institution of higher education, a federal, state, or local government agency, or a media organization. Allows such an entity to use grant funds to: (1) promote increased awareness of early intervention and treatment to significantly improve the quality of life for people with autoimmune diseases; (2) target minority communities that may be underserved or disproportionately affected by such diseases; and (3) target women to help reduce the amount of time taken for correct diagnosis of such diseases.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to: (1) award grants to eligible entities for the education of health care providers on potential links between autoimmune diseases and cognitive and mood disorders, such as depression; and (2) establish an educational loan repayment program for physicians agreeing to conduct research on autoimmune diseases.

]]> Prevention, Awareness, and Research of Autoimmune Disease Act of 2006 Display Title Prevention, Awareness, and Research of Autoimmune Disease Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To increase awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases, which are a major women's health problem, affect as many as 22 million Americans, and encompass more than 100 interrelated diseases, such as lupus, mulitple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, polymyositis, pemphigus, myasthenia gravis, Wegener's granulomatosis, psoriasis, celiac disease, autoimmune platelet disorders, scleroderma, alopecia areata, vitiligo, autoimmunethyroid disease, sarcoidosis, and fibromyalgia, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Prevention, Awareness, and Research of Autoimmune Disease Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6214ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6214ih.xml 2006-10-02 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.