Senate
May 21, 2009A 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.
Summary
Official
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)...
Bill Progress
Bill has been introduced and assigned a number
Introduced(5/21/09)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
DS
Mr. Stabenow
(D) MI – 8
Cosponsors (20)
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Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 21, 2009