Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act
Latest action · Apr 18, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 18, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): (1) acting through the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, to expand and coordinate NIH activities on paralysis research; (2) to award grants to plan, establish, improve, and provide basic operating support for Christopher Reeve Paralysis Research Consortia; (3) to educate and disseminate information and receive public comment on NIH programs and research regarding paralysis; (4) acting through the Director of the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development and the National Center for Rehabilitation Research, to expand and coordinate NIH research with implications for enhancing daily function for persons with paralysis; and (5) to make grants to plan, establish, improve, and provide basic operating support for multicenter clinical trial networks to design clinical rehabilitation intervention protocols and measures of outcomes on paralysis.
Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to study the health challenges associated with paralysis and other physical disabilities and carry out projects and interventions to improve the quality of life and long-term health status of individuals with such conditions.
Permits the Secretary to award grants for activities related to paralysis, including to: (1) establish paralysis registries; and (2) disseminate information to the public.
Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish Paralysis Research, Education and Clinical Care Centers; and (2) award grants to medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to translate clinical findings and recommendations on paralysis into evidence-based best practices.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2005 to Dec 7, 2006, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Apr 18, 2005 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Apr 18, 2005 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Apr 18, 2005 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Apr 18, 2005 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Apr 18, 2005 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Apr 18, 2005 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| R-AZ | John McCain | May 25, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jun 7, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Jun 13, 2005 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jul 11, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jul 11, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Oct 31, 2005 | |
| I-VT | James M. Jeffords | Feb 7, 2006 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | May 3, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | May 3, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jul 10, 2006 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Sep 20, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Sep 20, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Dec 5, 2006 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Dec 5, 2006 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Dec 7, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Apr 18, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1554 | Christopher and Dana Reeve Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis Act | Related bill | Dec 9, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Caregivers
- Clinical trials
- Clinics
- Communication in medicine
- Communication in science
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Directories
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Health planning
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Labor and Employment
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical technology
- Mental health services
- Nervous system diseases
- Neurology
- Nonprofit organizations
- Paralysis
- Quality of life
- Rehabilitation of the disabled
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Self-help devices for the disabled
- Social Welfare
- Spinal cord injuries
- Stroke
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' rehabilitation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2005Introduced in Senate
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