Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act

Bill: 114-s-800
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2015-03-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and paralysis
Health promotion and preventive care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: 

Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements for medical rehabilitation research.
 
The purpose of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) is revised to include coordination of research and research training.
 
The NCMRR must develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for medical rehabilitation research. Currently, this research plan is developed and updated by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
 
The NCMRR must: (1) annually report on progress in achieving the objectives, benchmarks, and guiding principles described in the research plan; and (2) develop guidelines governing the funding for medical rehabilitation research by the National Institutes of Health.
 
The Medical Rehabilitation Coordinating Committee must periodically host a scientific conference or workshop on medical rehabilitation research.
 The Department of Health and Human Services must enter into interagency agreements to coordinate medical rehabilitation research.
action_date: 2016-04-04
text: 

Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements for medical rehabilitation research.
 
The purpose of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) is revised to include coordination of research and research training.
 
The NCMRR must develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for medical rehabilitation research. Currently, this research plan is developed and updated by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
 
Prior to updating the research plan, the NCMRR must report on progress in achieving the goals and objectives described in the plan.
 
The Medical Rehabilitation Coordinating Committee must periodically host a scientific conference or workshop on medical rehabilitation research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407.
action_date: 2016-04-04
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2016-04-04
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Introduced in Senate