3.0.0 2042 2023-01-11T20:27:58Z 2023-01-11T20:27:58Z Senate S S 2007-09-12 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-09-12T15:58:15Z SMA Treatment Acceleration Act 110 3334 HR 2007-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-09-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-09-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11510-11511) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-09-12 True W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2007-09-12 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-09-12 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2007-10-18 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-10-22 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-12-03 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-12-10 False W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2007-12-11 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2007-12-14 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-12-19 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2008-02-11 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-04-01 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2008-04-03 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-06-03 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-06-12 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-06-23 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-06-24 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-07-14 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-07-17 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-07-23 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-07-31 False Health Child health Clinical trials Congress Congressional reporting requirements Drug therapy Epidemiology Families Hereditary diseases Medical research Muscular diseases Orphan drugs Pharmaceutical research Science, Technology, Communications Health 00 2007-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-17T15:30:10Z SMA Treatment Acceleration Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to upgrade and unify existing spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) clinical trial sites to establish a national clinical trials network for SMA. Requires the Director of NIH to ensure that such network: (1) conducts coordinated, multisite, clinical trials of pharmacological approaches to the treatment of SMA; and (2) rapidly and effectively disseminates scientific findings to the field.

Requires the Director of NIH to: (1) establish an SMA data coordinating center; and (2) expand and intensify NIH programs with respect to preclinical translation research and medicinal chemistry related to SMA.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to enhance and provide ongoing support to the existing SMA patient registry to provide for expanded research on the epidemiology of SMA. Directs the Secretary to ensure the collection and analysis of longitudinal data related to individuals of all ages with SMA.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Coordinating Committee to: (1) coordinate activities across NIH and with other federal health programs and activities relating to SMA; and (2) conduct a study to identify barriers to the development of drugs for treating SMA and similar genetic disorders.

Requires the Director of NIH to establish a trans-National Institutes of Health cooperative research initiative on SMA to ensure the success of the SMA projects led by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Requires the Secretary to submit recommendations to Congress to improve and expand on incentives provided under the Orphan Drug Act and related statutes to promote SMA drug development.

]]> SMA Treatment Acceleration Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title SMA Treatment Acceleration Act Short Titles as Introduced SMA Treatment Acceleration Act Introduced in Senate 2007-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2042is/xml/BILLS-110s2042is.xml 2007-09-12 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.