3.0.0 1350 2023-01-11T13:22:38Z 2023-01-11T13:22:38Z Senate S S 2011-07-12 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-07-12T20:22:36Z Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act 112 2505 HR 2011-07-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2011-07-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-07-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2011-07-12 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-07-12 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2011-07-12 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-07-26 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-07-27 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2011-09-26 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-10-18 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-11-10 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-11-17 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2011-12-06 False B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-12-06 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-03-05 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2012-03-20 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2012-11-26 False Health Advisory bodies Cardiovascular and respiratory health Government information and archives Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Medical research Research administration and funding Health 00 2011-07-12 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-19T22:40:45Z Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Advisory Board, (2) develop a system to collect data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases, and (3) establish the National PF Registry.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in developing the Registry, to: (1) expand and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; and (2) provide for research access to pulmonary fibrosis data.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information are made available to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Requires the Director of CDC to prepare the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Education and Awareness Plan, which shall: (1) focus on strategies to increase public education and awareness of pulmonary fibrosis, (2) address the need for new physician education strategies to improve diagnosis and treatment standards, and (3) assess and monitor the costs of pulmonary fibrosis and its burden on patients and families.

Encourages the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute pulmonary fibrosis research activities.

]]> Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act Display Title Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand the research, prevention, and awareness activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health with respect to pulmonary fibrosis, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act Introduced in Senate 2011-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1350is/xml/BILLS-112s1350is.xml 2011-07-12 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.