3.0.0 3092 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z Senate S S 2008-06-05 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-05T20:37:20Z La Cura Act of 2008 110 6203 HR 2008-06-05 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2008-06-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-06-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-06-05 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-06-09 False Health Alzheimer's disease Clinical trials Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Epidemiology Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health education Hispanic Americans Human behavior Medical research Minorities Minority health National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research centers Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Health 00 2008-06-05 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-29T14:59:47Z Cure and Understanding through Research for Alzheimer's Act of 2008 or the Cura Act of 2008 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure sufficient resources for activities relating to Alzheimer's disease and Hispanic communities, including by: (1) increasing efforts in epidemiological work in Hispanic subgroups; (2) allocating resources to the National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's disease research centers and other academic centers involved in such research to increase participation of Hispanics and other underrepresented ethnic groups in research and clinical trials in sufficient numbers to draw valid conclusions; and (3) conducting social, behavioral, and health services research to understand the underlying reasons why Hispanic individuals delay diagnosis and underutilize services, to identify culturally and linguistically appropriate approaches to address such delays and underutilization, and to identify what is culturally competent care.

Requires the Director to expand and intensify NIH efforts to educate communities about the importance of research relating to Alzheimer's disease and to respond effectively to cultural concerns about participation in such research.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for a program of grants to states to carry out demonstration programs related to Alzheimer's disease.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct an aggressive, evidence-based education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease, particularly to Hispanic populations.

]]> Cure and Understanding through Research for Alzheimer's Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced CURA Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Cure and Understanding through Research for Alzheimer's Act of 2008 Display Title Cure and Understanding through Research for Alzheimer's Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, to authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3092is/xml/BILLS-110s3092is.xml 2008-06-05 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.