Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act
Latest action · Aug 3, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326.
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 23, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act – Title I: Paralysis Research - (Sec. 101) Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop mechanisms to coordinate NIH paralysis research and rehabilitation activities in order to further advance and avoid duplication of such activities.
Authorizes the Director to make grants for the cost of planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for consortia in paralysis research. Requires the Director to designate each consortium funded as a Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Research Consortium. Authorizes such consortia to: (1) conduct basic, translational, and clinical paralysis research; (2) facilitate and enhance the dissemination of clinical and scientific findings; and (3) replicate the findings of consortia members or other researchers for scientific and translational purposes. Authorizes the Director to provide for a mechanism to educate and disseminate information on NIH paralysis programs and research activities, through which the Director can receive comments from the public.
Title II: Paralysis Rehabilitation Research and Care - (Sec. 201) Requires the Director to award grants for multicenter networks of clinical sites that will collaborate to design clinical rehabilitation intervention protocols and measures of outcomes on forms of paralysis that result from central nervous system trauma, disorders, and/or stroke. Authorizes each network to: (1) focus on areas of key scientific concern, including improving functional mobility; and (2) replicate the findings of network members for scientific and translation purposes.
Title III: Improving Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis and Other Physical Disabilities - (Sec. 301) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) study the unique health challenges associated with paralysis and other physical disabilities; and (2) carry out projects and interventions to improve the quality of life and long-term health status of persons with paralysis and other physical disabilities, including developing a national paralysis and physical disability quality of life action plan and establishing a population-based database that may be used for longitudinal and other research on paralysis and other disabling conditions.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to state and local health disability agencies to: (1) establish a population-based database that may be used for longitudinal and other research on paralysis and other disabling conditions; (2) develop comprehensive paralysis and other physical action plans and activities; (3) assist state-based programs in collaborating with people with paralysis and other physical disabilities and their constituent organization; (4) coordinate paralysis and physical disability activities with existing state-based disability and health programs; (5) provide education and training opportunities and programs for health professionals and allied caregivers; and (6) develop, test, evaluate, and replicate effective intervention programs to maintain or improve health and quality of life. Allows the Secretary to award grants to private health and disability organizations to: (1) disseminate information to the public; (2) improve access to services for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities and their caregivers; (3) test model intervention programs to improve health and quality of life; and (4) coordinate existing services with state-based disability and health programs.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 23, 2007 to Jul 25, 2008, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Apr 23, 2007 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Aug 3, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326.
- Jul 25, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 23, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Apr 23, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 446 | Christopher and Dana Reeve Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis Act | Related bill | Mar 2, 2007 |
| HR 1727 | Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act | Identical bill | Oct 16, 2007 |
Subjects
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- Access to health care
- Caregivers
- Clinical trials
- Clinics
- Communication in medicine
- Communication in science
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
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- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
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- Government Operations and Politics
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- Health
- Health information systems
- Health planning
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Labor and Employment
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Mental health services
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Nervous system diseases
- Neurology
- Nonprofit organizations
- Paralysis
- Preventive medicine
- 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
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007Reported to Senate
- Apr 23, 2007Introduced in Senate
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