3.0.0 1708 2023-01-12T17:52:45Z 2023-01-12T17:52:45Z Senate S S 2007-06-27 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-27T18:17:38Z Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007 110 741 HR 2007-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-06-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2007-06-27 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-06-27 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2007-07-16 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-07-20 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-08-02 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-09-18 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-09-18 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-10-04 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2007-10-16 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-12-03 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-12-03 False W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2007-12-03 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-01-24 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-02-07 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-06-18 False Health Bacterial diseases Communication in medicine Communication in science Conferences Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Education Epidemiology Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health education Health surveys Higher education Lyme disease Medical education Medical laboratories Medical research Medical tests Science, Technology, Communications Health 00 2007-06-27 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-13T19:15:43Z Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. Requires the Committee to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health regarding how officials can: (1) ensure interagency coordination and communication and minimize overlap regarding efforts to address tick-borne diseases; (2) identify opportunities to coordinate efforts with other federal agencies and private organizations addressing such diseases; (3) ensure interagency coordination and communication with constituency groups; (4) ensure that a broad spectrum of scientific viewpoints is represented in public heath policy decisions and that information disseminated to the public and physicians is balanced; and (5) advise relevant federal agencies on priorities related to Lyme and tick-borne diseases.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the appropriate federal officials, to provide for the coordination of all federal programs and activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including: (1) developing sensitive and accurate diagnostic tools and tests, (2) improving the efficient utilization of diagnostic testing currently available; (3) accurately determining the prevalence of such diseases; (4) evaluating the feasibility of creating a national uniform reporting system; (5) providing and promoting access to a clearinghouse of information on such diseases; (6) increasing public education related to such diseases; (7) creating a physician education program; (8) establishing epidemiological research objectives to determine the long term course of illness for Lyme disease; and (9) determining the effectiveness of different treatment modalities by establishing treatment outcome objectives

]]> Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007 Display Title Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1708is/xml/BILLS-110s1708is.xml 2007-06-27 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.