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Latest Action: 03/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention. 3/19/2007--Introduced. Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for conducting and supporting research on Alzheimer's disease in FY2008-FY2012.Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute on Aging to: (1) give priority to projects for conducting and supporting Alzheimer's disease research; (2) increase the emphasis on the need to conduct Alzheimer's disease prevention trials within NIH; (3) ensure that Alzheimer's disease is maintained as a high priority for the existing neuroscience initiative; (4) conduct and support cooperative clinical research regarding Alzheimer's disease; and (5) make grants for research related to the early detection, diagnosis, and prevention of Alzheimer's [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs. 3/29/2007--Introduced. .Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to include coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for such therapy under Medicare (title XVIII of the Act). Includes alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms under Medicaid (title XIX of the Act).Requires coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for such therapy on the same basis as outpatient prescription drugs under: (1) the Public Health Service Act [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention. 8/3/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2007 - Title I: Increasing the Federal Commitment to Alzheimer's Research - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for research on Alzheimer's disease, cognitive health, and related disorders for FY2008-FY2012.(Sec. 102) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Aging (the Institute) to continue to make research related to Alzheimer's disease, cognitive health, and related disorders a priority within the Institute's activities consistent with the peer review process.(Sec. 103) Requires the Director to: (1) increase the emphasis on the need to conduct Alzheimer's disease, cognitive health, and related disorder [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs. 3/29/2007--Introduced. .Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to include coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for such therapy under Medicare (title XVIII of the Act). Includes alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms under Medicaid (title XIX of the Act).Requires coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for such therapy on the same basis as outpatient prescription drugs under: (1) the Public Health Service Act [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention. 3/19/2007--Introduced. Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for conducting and supporting research on Alzheimer's disease in FY2008-FY2012.Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute on Aging to: (1) give priority to projects for conducting and supporting Alzheimer's disease research; (2) increase the emphasis on the need to conduct Alzheimer's disease prevention trials within NIH; (3) ensure that Alzheimer's disease is maintained as a high priority for the existing neuroscience initiative; (4) conduct and support cooperative clinical research regarding Alzheimer's disease; and (5) make grants for research related to the early detection, diagnosis, and prevention of Alzheimer's [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention. 8/3/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2007 - Title I: Increasing the Federal Commitment to Alzheimer's Research - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for research on Alzheimer's disease, cognitive health, and related disorders for FY2008-FY2012.(Sec. 102) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Aging (the Institute) to continue to make research related to Alzheimer's disease, cognitive health, and related disorders a priority within the Institute's activities consistent with the peer review process.(Sec. 103) Requires the Director to: (1) increase the emphasis on the need to conduct Alzheimer's disease, cognitive health, and related disorder [...] show full description
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