[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2713 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2713

 To provide for the implementation of a Precision Medicine Initiative.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2016

 Mr. Alexander introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the implementation of a Precision Medicine Initiative.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. PRECISION MEDICINE INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') is encouraged to 
establish and carry out an initiative, to be known as the ``Precision 
Medicine Initiative'', to augment efforts to address disease 
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
    (b) Components.--The Initiative described under subsection (a) may 
include--
            (1) developing a network of scientists to assist in 
        carrying out the purposes of the Initiative;
            (2) developing new approaches for addressing scientific, 
        medical, public health, and regulatory science issues;
            (3) applying genomic technologies to provide data on the 
        molecular basis of disease;
            (4) collecting information voluntarily provided by a 
        diverse cohort of individuals that can be used to better 
        understand health and disease; and
            (5) other activities determined appropriate by the 
        Secretary to advance the goals of the Initiative.
    (c) Authority of the Secretary.--In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary may--
            (1) coordinate with the Secretary of Energy, private 
        industry, and others determined appropriate by the Secretary to 
        identify and address the advanced supercomputing needs for the 
        Initiative described under subsection (a);
            (2) develop and utilize public-private partnerships; and
            (3) leverage existing data sources.
    (d) Requirements.--In the implementation of the Initiative under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
            (1) ensure the collaboration of the National Institutes of 
        Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Office of the 
        National Coordinator for Health Information Technology;
            (2) comply with existing laws and regulations for the 
        protection of human subjects involved in research, including 
        the protection of participant privacy;
            (3) implement policies and mechanisms for appropriate 
        secure data sharing across systems that include protections for 
        privacy and security of data; and
            (4) consider the diversity of the cohort to ensure 
        inclusion of a broad range of participants, including 
        consideration of biological, social, and other determinants of 
        health that contribute to health disparities.
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