Senate
May 21, 2009

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other purposes.

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SMA Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a national clinical trials network for spinal muscular atrophy by upgrading and unifying spinal muscular atrophy clinical trial sites and recruiting new investigators and sites. Requires the Director to ensure that such network: (1)...

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Introduced(5/21/09)
Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
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Law

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Mr. Stabenow

(D) MI – 8

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Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

May 21, 2009