To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure the sharing of data generated from research with the public.

Bill: 114-hr-2456
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2015-05-19
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services

Medical research

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research administration and funding

Scientific communication
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to require the sharing of scientific data generated from research that is fully funded by the NIH.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2456 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2015 Mr. Pitts introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure the sharing of data generated from research with the public.

1. Sharing of data generated through NIH-funded research Section 402 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 282 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) Sharing of data generated through NIH-Funded research (1) Authority Subject to paragraph (2), the Director of NIH may require recipients of the award of an NIH grant or other financial support, provided that the research is fully funded through such grant or other support, to share scientific data generated from research conducted through such support for research purposes. (2) Limitation The Director of NIH shall not require the sharing of data that is inconsistent with applicable law and policy protecting— (A) privacy and confidentiality; (B) proprietary interests; (C) business confidential information; (D) intellectual property rights; and (E) other relevant rights. .