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To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. 10/16/2007--Passed House amended.    (There is 1 other summary) ALS Registry Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop a system to collect data on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron disorders that can be confused with ALS, misdiagnosed as ALS, or progress to ALS; and (2) establish a national registry for the collection and storage of such data. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to establish the Advisory Committee on the National ALS Registry to review information and make recommendations to the Secretary concerning: (1) the development and maintenance of the registry; (2) the type of information to be included; (3) the manner in which [...]

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  • 10/31/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 457.
  • 10/30/2007 - Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  • 10/17/2007 - Received in the Senate.
  • 10/16/2007 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H11586)
  • 10/16/2007 - Considered as unfinished business.

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.2295 Placed on Calendar in Senate11/02/2007
H.R.2295 Reported in House10/17/2007
H.R.2295 Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House10/17/2007
H.R.2295 Introduced in House08/31/2007