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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions. 7/18/2007--Introduced. Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through either the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to authorize and oversee certain activities relating to Down syndrome or other prenatally or postnatally diagnosed conditions, including the awarding of grants, contracts or cooperative agreements to: (1) collect, synthesize, and disseminate current scientific information; and (2) coordinate the provision of, and access to,[...] show full description
- 04/21/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 04/21/2008 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 701.
- 03/13/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 03/05/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-430. 9:30 a.m.
- 02/14/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-430. 10:00 a.m.
show all actions- 04/21/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 04/21/2008 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 701.
- 03/13/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 03/05/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-430. 9:30 a.m.
- 02/14/2008 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-430. 10:00 a.m.
- 07/18/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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