Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act This bill requires 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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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Congressional oversightDepartment 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
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act
USA116th CongressHR-321| House
| Updated: 1/25/2019
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act This bill requires 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.
Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Congressional oversightDepartment 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