Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-1283
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 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
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nutrition
Occupational health and safety
Performance measurement
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Public service advertising
Public-private partnerships
Research centers
Research grants
Rheumatism
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Student loan funds
Tax incentives
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2007 - 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 (NIH) to expand and intensify juvenile arthritis research. Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to award grants to support juvenile arthritis data collection. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to support the development of a National Juvenile Arthritis Patient Registry. 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 to conduct a study on the economic impact of arthritis in the workplace.

action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a National Arthritis Action Program, which may include: (1) conducting, supporting, and promoting the coordination of research, investigations, demonstrations, training, and studies relating to the control, prevention, and surveillance of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases; (2) providing training, technical assistance, supplies, equipment, or services and assigning any officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to a state or local health agency; (3) providing additional grant support to encourage the expansion of research related to the prevention and management of arthritis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); (4) carrying out national education and outreach activities to support, develop, and implement education initiatives and outreach strategies appropriate for arthritis and other rheumatic diseases; and (5) awarding grants to states or Indian tribes to support comprehensive arthritis control and prevention programs and to provide public health surveillance, prevention, and control activities related to arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. 

Allows the Secretary, in carrying out national education and outreach activities, to: (1) emphasize prevention, early diagnosis, and appropriate management of arthritis and opportunities for effective patient self-management; and (2) give priority to reaching high-risk or underserved populations.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.

(Sec. 3) Authorizes the Secretary to expand and intensify programs of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) concerning juvenile arthritis and related conditions.

(Sec. 4) Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to award grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, public or nonprofit private entities for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on juvenile arthritis. Requires the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information are made available to NIH.

Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to support the development of a national juvenile arthritis population-based database to: (1) collect specific data for follow-up studies regarding the prevalence and incidence of juvenile arthritis; and (2) capture information on evidence-based health outcomes related to specific therapies and interventions.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to support activities that provide for: (1) an increase in the number and size of institutional training grants to support pediatric rheumatology training; and (2) an expansion of public-private partnerships to promote educational training and fellowship opportunities for pediatric rheumatologists. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.

Requires the Secretary to establish and carry out a pediatric rheumatology loan repayment program through which the Secretary shall repay student loans in exchange for service as a pediatric rheumatologist in an area with both a shortage of pediatric rheumatologists and the capacity to support pediatric rheumatology. Requires the Secretary to periodically assess: (1) the extent to which the loan repayment program is needed; and (2) the extent to which the program is effective in increasing the number of pediatric rheumatologists nationally and in areas with a shortage. Terminates the program if the Secretary determines it is no longer needed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10165-10169)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10165-10169)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10165-10169; text of measure as introduced:  CR H10165-10168)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Mr. Pallone asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House