Bill > HR2436

This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a leading federal agency for biomedical research, to take steps to ensure that human research studies appropriately consider age. Specifically, within 180 days of the bill becoming law, the NIH must organize a workshop bringing together experts in pediatrics (child health) and geriatrics (elderly health) to discuss suitable age ranges for research participants and valid scientific reasons for excluding certain age groups. Following this workshop, the NIH will have another 180 days to publish guidelines on how age should be considered in research and what constitutes acceptable justifications for excluding participants based on age. Furthermore, the NIH will be required to publicly share data on the number of children participating in their research, broken down by age group, race, and gender, at least every two years.