Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-6600| House
| Updated: 4/23/2020
Donald S. Beyer
Democratic Representative
Virginia
Cosponsors (8)
Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020 This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in consultation with the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), to conduct a prize competition for institutions of higher education in order to incentivize research on point-of-care testing that is capable of detecting current or past infection with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and meets other specified criteria. The NIST must assist the NIH with the development of certain validation protocols and standards for the testing.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEducation programs fundingEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesHealth programs administration and fundingHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsResearch administration and funding
Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-6600| House
| Updated: 4/23/2020
Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020 This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in consultation with the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), to conduct a prize competition for institutions of higher education in order to incentivize research on point-of-care testing that is capable of detecting current or past infection with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and meets other specified criteria. The NIST must assist the NIH with the development of certain validation protocols and standards for the testing.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Donald S. Beyer
Democratic Representative
Virginia
Cosponsors (8)
Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEducation programs fundingEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesHealth programs administration and fundingHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsResearch administration and funding