3.0.0 2069 2020-02-10T17:00:03Z 2020-02-10T17:00:03Z Senate S S 2012-02-02 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-02-02T23:08:26Z SPRINT Act 112 3891 HR 2012-02-02 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2012-02-02 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-02-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S324-326) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2012-02-02 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-02-02 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-02-02 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2012-02-02 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-02-13 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2012-04-26 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-05-15 False Health Advanced technology and technological innovations Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug therapy Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical research Medicare Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Research and development Health 00 2012-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2012-06-01T20:26:49Z Spending Reductions through Innovations in Therapies Agenda Act of 2012 or the SPRINT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Spending Reductions through Innovations in Therapies Program (SPRINT Program) to support development of therapies to reduce spending by federal health care programs for high-cost chronic conditions. Requires the Program to: (1) accelerate advanced research and development of such therapies, and (2) encourage innovation in technologies that may assist such research to reduce the time and cost of therapy development.

Requires the Secretary to select the high-cost chronic conditions that shall be the focus of the Program from conditions among the top 10 leading causes of death designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that have: (1) the highest current and projected cost to federal health care programs and high long-term care costs; (2) a likelihood of impairing the ability of an individual to carry out activities of daily living, which can result in the individual becoming dependent on caregivers; (3) a death rate that has increased and is projected to increase significantly in future years; and (4) a lack of existing therapies to prevent, control, or cure the condition or delay cognitive decline.

Sets forth the duties of the Secretary, including to: (1) partner with certain nonprofit strategic investment entities, (2) reduce the time and cost barriers between laboratory discoveries and clinical trials for therapies used to treat high-cost chronic conditions, and (3) facilitate innovative and expedited review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the therapies developed.

Establishes a SPRINT Award Program, under which the Secretary may award contracts or grants to public, nonprofit, early stage companies or growth companies to support advanced research and the development of therapies. Sets forth matching fund requirements. Requires the Secretary to evaluate projects funded.

]]> SPRINT Act Short Titles as Introduced SPRINT Act Short Titles as Introduced Spending Reductions through Innovations in Therapies Agenda Act of 2012 Display Title SPRINT Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to speed American innovation in research and drug development for the leading causes of death that are the most costly chronic conditions for our Nation, to save American families and the Federal and State governments money, and to help family caregivers. Introduced in Senate 2012-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2069is/xml/BILLS-112s2069is.xml 2012-02-02 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.