Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4610
Sponsor: Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arthritis
Child health
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Conferences
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Department of Health and Human Services
Directories
Drug therapy
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Exercise
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Health surveys
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medical education
Medical records
Medical research
Medical statistics
Nutrition
Occupational health and safety
Performance measurement
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Public service advertising
Public-private partnerships
Research grants
Rheumatism
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Student loan funds
Tax incentives
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services: (1) to develop and implement a National Arthritis Action Plan; and (2) acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct, support, and promote the coordination of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases research.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to: (1) support arthritis-specific research projects at the Centers for Prevention Research by the CDC; (2) support State comprehensive arthritis control and prevention programs and public health surveillance, prevention, and control activities; and (3) assist in the implementation of a national strategy for arthritis control and prevention.
 
Requires the Secretary to coordinate a national education and outreach program on arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish an Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee to: (1) improve coordination of Federal research activities related to arthritis and rheumatic diseases; and (2) convene a summit to provide a detailed overview of such current Federal research.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to expand and intensify juvenile arthritis research and related programs, including by awarding grants to establish new research programs. Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to award grants to support the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on juvenile arthritis. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to support the development of a National Juvenile Arthritis Patient Registry to collect data for follow-up studies regarding the prevalence and incidence of juvenile arthritis, as well as capturing information on evidence-based health outcomes related to specific therapies and interventions. Requires the Secretary to promote and support pediatric rheumatology training, including by allowing the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program.
 
Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the economic impact of arthritis in the workplace.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1156-1157)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House