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To amend the Public Health Service Act to create a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium to provide grants and coordinate research with respect to the causes of, and risk factors associated with, neuromyelitis optica, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-326| House 
| Updated: 1/25/2017
Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee

Democratic Representative

California

Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to establish, administer, and coordinate a national consortium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO), which is a neurological disease that can cause blindness and paralysis. The consortium must: award grants for research on the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO; assemble a panel of experts to provide guidance and recommendations on research design and protocols; and designate a central laboratory to collect and analyze data from this research and to make the data and analysis available to researchers.
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Timeline
Jan 5, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 5, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • January 5, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • January 5, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • January 25, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Department of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureHealth programs administration and fundingHearing, speech, and vision careMedical researchNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Neurological disordersResearch administration and funding

To amend the Public Health Service Act to create a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium to provide grants and coordinate research with respect to the causes of, and risk factors associated with, neuromyelitis optica, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-326| House 
| Updated: 1/25/2017
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to establish, administer, and coordinate a national consortium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO), which is a neurological disease that can cause blindness and paralysis. The consortium must: award grants for research on the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO; assemble a panel of experts to provide guidance and recommendations on research design and protocols; and designate a central laboratory to collect and analyze data from this research and to make the data and analysis available to researchers.
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Timeline
Jan 5, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 5, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • January 5, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • January 5, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • January 25, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee

Democratic Representative

California

Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Department of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureHealth programs administration and fundingHearing, speech, and vision careMedical researchNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Neurological disordersResearch administration and funding