3.0.0 2713 2023-01-11T13:31:27Z 2023-01-11T13:31:27Z Senate S 2016-03-17 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-04-18T22:36:36Z Markup by 2016-04-06T14:00:00Z Referred to 2016-03-17T17:28:37Z Genetic Research Privacy Protection Act 114 2744 S 2016-04-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 21st Century Cures Act 114 34 HR 2016-12-13 Became Public Law No: 114-255. Related bill CRS 2016-04-18 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428. Calendars 2016-04-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2016-04-18 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee 2016-04-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2016-03-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2016-11-29 False Health Cell biology and embryology Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Evidence and witnesses Freedom of information Genetics Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Intellectual property Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Right of privacy Health 00 2016-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-08T20:35:57Z Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016

This bill permits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out an initiative to address disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment that may include collecting from a diverse cohort of individuals information that can be used to better understand health and disease. HHS may carry out specified activities relating to the initiative, including coordinating with the Department of Energy to address supercomputing needs.

In implementing the initiative, HHS must: (1) collaborate with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; (2) implement secure data sharing; and (3) ensure inclusion of a broad range of participants, considering factors that contribute to health disparities.]]> 01 2016-04-18 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2017-01-04T15:09:11Z Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill encourages the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a Precision Medicine Initiative to address disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The initiative may include collection of health information from a diverse cohort of individuals. HHS may carry out specified activities relating to the initiative, including coordinating with the Department of Energy to address supercomputing needs.

In implementing the initiative, HHS must: (1) collaborate with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; (2) implement secure data sharing; and (3) ensure inclusion of a broad range of participants, considering factors that contribute to health disparities.

(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions regarding disclosure by researchers of the identifiable, sensitive information of research subjects. HHS must prohibit researchers from disclosing such information from federally funded research to persons not connected to the research. Researchers may apply to have other research covered by this prohibition.

Disclosures of such information are permitted if required by law, necessary for the medical treatment of the research subject, made with the consent of the subject, or made for the purposes of other research that is in compliance with regulations regarding protection of subjects.

(Sec. 4) HHS may exempt identifiable information collected for biomedical research from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

(Sec. 5) The NIH may require recipients of grants or cooperative agreements to share scientific data.

(Sec. 6) The NIH may approve requests by national research institutes to fund high-impact, cutting-edge research through transactions other than contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements. National research institutes must conduct and support high-risk, high-reward research.]]> Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016 Display Title Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the implementation of a Precision Medicine Initiative. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Reported to Senate Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016 S Senate Short Titles as Introduced Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016 Reported to Senate 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2713rs/xml/BILLS-114s2713rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2713is/xml/BILLS-114s2713is.xml 2016-04-18 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428. 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.