3.0.0 2282 2023-01-11T13:32:34Z 2023-01-11T13:32:34Z Senate S 2015-11-16 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-11-16T23:19:41Z Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015 114 2820 HR 2015-12-18 Became Public Law No: 114-104. Related bill CRS 2015-11-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7968-7969) IntroReferral 2015-11-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-11-16 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2015-11-16 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-11-16 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2015-12-14 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Blood and blood diseases Cell biology and embryology Department of Health and Human Services Health programs administration and funding Medical research Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Public contracts and procurement Research administration and funding Health 00 2015-11-16 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-15T15:41:02Z Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 to revise and extend through FY2020 the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory program. (These programs help match patients in need of a transplant with unrelated bone marrow and cord blood donors.)

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must review the state of the science of using adult stem cells and birthing tissues to develop new therapies and consider the inclusion of new therapies in the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program.

Requirements for HHS contracts under the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 are revised.

HHS must determine whether to include peripheral blood stem cells and umbilical cord blood in the definition of human organ.]]> Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015 Display Title Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2282is/xml/BILLS-114s2282is.xml 2015-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7968-7969) 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.