3.0.0 3822 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z Senate S S 2006-08-03 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-08-04T00:46:51Z 2006-08-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-08-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8840-8841) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N Health Access to health care Accreditation (Medical care) Citizen participation Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Communication in medicine Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Cost effectiveness Curricula Data banks Deceptive advertising Department of Health and Human Services Discrimination in medical care Distance education Drug approvals Drug industry Drug utilization Economics and Public Finance Education Environmental Protection Environmental health Epidemiology Ethnic groups Executive reorganization Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Finance and Financial Sector Gene therapy Genetic counseling Genetic research Genetics Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health information systems Health surveys Health warnings Hereditary diseases Higher education Income tax Labeling Labor and Employment Law Licenses Marketing Medical economics Medical education Medical laboratories Medical personnel Medical records Medical research Medical residents Medical statistics Medical tests Minorities Minorities in medicine Minority health Mortality Pharmaceutical research Quality of care Quality of life Races Recruiting of employees Research and development Right of privacy Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Standards Tax credits Taxation Health 00 2006-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-05T17:40:27Z Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Interagency Working Group to expand and accelerate genetics and genomics research and translate such research into clinical and public health applications; (2) expand and accelerate research and programs to collect genetic and genomic data that will advance the field of genomics and personalized medicine; (3) develop a plan for a national biobanking research initiative; (4) expand efforts to increase knowledge about the interaction between genetics and the environment and about ways in which molecular genetic screening, diagnostics, and treatments may be used to improve the health and health care of racial and ethnic minority populations; (5) increase recruitment and retention of trainees in genetics and genomics; (6) ensure the adequacy of genetics and genomics training for diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of adults and children for both rare and common disorders; (7) improve the safety, efficacy, and availability of information about genetic tests; and (8) improve the oversight and regulation of genetic tests.

Provides for the recruitment of health professionals from diverse backgrounds in the genomics workforce and improvement in the quality of genomics training.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax credit for qualified research expenses for the development of a qualified companion diagnostic test designed to provide information to increase the safety or effectiveness of a drug.

Provides for the expansion of adverse event reporting systems to encompass reports of adverse events resulting from genetic testing.

]]> Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2006 Display Title Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve access to and appropriate utilization of valid, reliable and accurate molecular genetic tests by all populations thus helping to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3822is/xml/BILLS-109s3822is.xml 2006-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.