Bill > S849

Introduced Session

Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and (2) incorporate information obtained through those activities into a National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the System facilitates further research on neurological diseases. Requires HHS to provide for the collection and storage of information on neurological diseases, including the incidence, prevalence, and other information, to the extent practicable. Requires HHS to: (1) make information and analysis in the System available to federal agencies and to the public, including researchers; and (2) ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as the protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Committee Categories

Johnny Isakson (R)*,  Lamar Alexander (R),  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Cory Booker (D),  John Boozman (R),  Barbara Boxer (D),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Tom Carper (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Bill Cassidy (R),  Chris Coons (D),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Mark Kirk (R),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Ed Markey (D),  Bob Menendez (D),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Chris Murphy (D),  Bill Nelson (D),  Gary Peters (D),  Jack Reed (D),  Chuck Schumer (D),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Debbie Stabenow (D),  David Vitter (R),  Roger Wicker (R), 

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 408. (on 04/04/2016)

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