3.0.0 3361 2023-01-11T13:33:33Z 2023-01-11T13:33:33Z Senate S 2016-09-20 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-20T20:44:11Z 2016-09-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-09-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2016-09-20 True Health Health 00 2016-09-20 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-29T11:40:58Z Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Interagency Pulmonary Hypertension Coordinating Committee. The committee must monitor research and annually summarize research and medical advances regarding pulmonary hypertension.

The committee must develop a comprehensive strategic plan to improve health outcomes for individuals with pulmonary hypertension. The plan must include recommendations regarding pulmonary hypertension diagnosis, research, transplantation criteria, public awareness, and health care delivery.

HHS must report on activities related to improving health outcomes for individuals with pulmonary hypertension. The report must include information regarding pulmonary hypertension epidemiology, treatment, support available to individuals, and research.]]> Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2016 Display Title Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3361is/xml/BILLS-114s3361is.xml 2016-09-20 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.