Patients First Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 21, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJun 21, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Patients First Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of, or treatments for, diseases and other adverse health conditions, including pluripotent stem cells that have the flexibility of embryonic stem cells (whether or not such pluripotent stem cells have an embryonic source), provided that such techniques will not involve: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; (2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a living human embryo; or (3) the use of any stem cell the derivation or provision of which would be inconsistent with this Act.
Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines implementing this Act to ensure that any research (including any clinical trial) supported under this Act: (1) is clearly consistent with the standards established in this Act, if conducted using human cells; (2) is prioritized in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients; and (3) may take into account techniques outlined by the President's Council on Bioethics and any other appropriate techniques and research.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) report on peer reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded; and (2) study and submit recommendations to Congress on any structural changes to the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program that would help to expand access to new and future stem cell therapeutic products.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 21, 2007 to Jul 29, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Jun 21, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Jul 25, 2007 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Sep 19, 2007 | |
| R-ID | Bill Sali | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jul 29, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 21, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 21, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 21, 2007Introduced in House
- Jun 21, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Jun 21, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Patients First Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Clinical trials
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cytology
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to research
- Genetic research
- Genetics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Human embryology
- Human experimentation in medicine
- Law
- Medical ethics
- Medical research
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 21, 2007Introduced in House
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