3.0.0 1352 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z Senate S S 2009-06-25 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-25T17:28:07Z Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2009 111 1179 HR 2009-02-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-06-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-06-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7076-7077) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-06-25 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2009-06-25 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-06-25 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-06-25 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-06-25 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2009-07-22 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2009-08-06 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-09-08 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2010-04-13 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2010-06-10 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2010-09-23 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2010-11-15 False Health Advisory bodies Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Research administration and funding Health 00 2009-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-05T18:59:43Z Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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 are 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 other 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 and the conduct or support of specified activities, including: (1) developing sensitive and accurate diagnostic tools and tests, (2) improving the efficient utilization of diagnostic testing currently available; (3) surveillance and reporting of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases to accurately determine the prevalence of such diseases and to evaluate the feasibility of creating a national uniform reporting system; (4) providing and promoting access to a clearinghouse of information on such diseases; (5) increasing public education related to such diseases; (6) creating a physician education program; (7) establishing epidemiological research objectives to determine the long term course of illness for Lyme disease; and (8) determining the effectiveness of different treatment modalities by establishing treatment outcome objectives

]]> Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2009 Display Title Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2009 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 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1352is/xml/BILLS-111s1352is.xml 2009-06-25 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.