3.0.0 2988 2022-02-03T05:09:23Z 2022-02-03T05:09:23Z Senate S S 2008-05-07 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-07T19:22:37Z 2008-05-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3894-3899) IntroReferral 2008-05-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3894) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. N Health Appropriations Clinical trials Department of Health and Human Services Diseases Economics and Public Finance Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Medical innovations Medical research Mortality National Institutes of Health (NIH) Preventive medicine Research and development facilities Research centers Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Health 00 2008-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-21T15:45:08Z Accelerating Cures Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to define "translational research" to mean research that transforms scientific discoveries arising from laboratory, clinical, or population studies into clinical application to reduce disease incidence, morbidity, and mortality.

Establishes a Pathways to Cures Subcommittee within the Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives (OPASI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help advise and direct translational research priorities.

Requires the Director of NIH to establish a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) on clinical effectiveness research. Requires the Director of FFRDC to establish an independent Clinical Effectiveness Advisory Board.

Requires the Director of OPASI to appoint a Director of Centralized Institutional Review Boards who shall establish and oversee the functioning and progress of a series of such Boards to serve as human subject safety and well-being custodians for multi-institutional clinical trials that are funded by public research dollars.

Requires the Director of NIH to: (1) commission the Institute of Medicine to study the rules that protect patient safety and anonymity; (2) examine informed consent processes; and (3) ensure that each institute and center of NIH has established a translational research training program.

Requires the Director of OPASI to develop a Translational Development Program for New Innovations to guide entities through the translational research development process.

Establishes the Translational Research Fund to consist of amounts appropriated for translational research priorities.

Requires each application for, and summary of, a project, grant, or contract from NIH to include a statement on the possible applications of the research for detecting, treating, or curing a health condition or disease state.

]]> Accelerating Cures Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Accelerating Cures Act of 2008 Display Title Accelerating Cures Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public and private research efforts to develop new tools and therapies that prevent, detect, and cure diseases. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2988is/xml/BILLS-110s2988is.xml 2008-05-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3894-3899) 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.