3.0.0 828 2020-02-10T17:00:20Z 2020-02-10T17:00:20Z Senate S S 2005-04-18 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-18T20:34:31Z Christopher and Dana Reeve Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis Act 109 1554 HR 2006-12-09 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS 2005-04-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-04-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2005-04-18 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-04-18 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2005-04-18 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-04-18 True B000468 Sen. 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[D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-07-25 False S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2005-09-20 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-10-20 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-10-26 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-10-31 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2006-02-07 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2006-03-08 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-03-30 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2006-05-03 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2006-05-03 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-07-10 False S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2006-09-20 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2006-09-20 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. 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[D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2006-12-07 False Health Access to health care Armed Forces and National Security Caregivers Clinical trials Clinics Communication in medicine Communication in science Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Department of Health and Human Services Directories Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Health education Health information systems Health planning Higher education Home care services Labor and Employment Medical education Medical research Medical technology Mental health services Nervous system diseases Neurology Nonprofit organizations Paralysis Quality of life Rehabilitation of the disabled Research centers Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Self-help devices for the disabled Social Welfare Spinal cord injuries Stroke Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Veterans' rehabilitation Health 00 2005-04-18 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-24T15:01:47Z Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): (1) acting through the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, to expand and coordinate NIH activities on paralysis research; (2) to award grants to plan, establish, improve, and provide basic operating support for Christopher Reeve Paralysis Research Consortia; (3) to educate and disseminate information and receive public comment on NIH programs and research regarding paralysis; (4) acting through the Director of the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development and the National Center for Rehabilitation Research, to expand and coordinate NIH research with implications for enhancing daily function for persons with paralysis; and (5) to make grants to plan, establish, improve, and provide basic operating support for multicenter clinical trial networks to design clinical rehabilitation intervention protocols and measures of outcomes on paralysis.

Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to study the health challenges associated with paralysis and other physical disabilities and carry out projects and interventions to improve the quality of life and long-term health status of individuals with such conditions.

Permits the Secretary to award grants for activities related to paralysis, including to: (1) establish paralysis registries; and (2) disseminate information to the public.

Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish Paralysis Research, Education and Clinical Care Centers; and (2) award grants to medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to translate clinical findings and recommendations on paralysis into evidence-based best practices.

]]> Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act Short Titles as Introduced Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act Display Title Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s828is/xml/BILLS-109s828is.xml 2005-04-18 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.