Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009
Latest action · Feb 9, 2009 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.
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to conduct and support research, evaluations, initiatives, and demonstration projects, and provide grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements, to enhance the deployment of medical simulation technologies and the incorporation of such technologies and equipment into medical, nursing, allied health, podiatric, osteopathic, and dental education and training protocols.
Requires the Director to: (1) establish medical simulation centers of excellence; (2) promote innovation by conducting and supporting research on complex or challenging medical simulation and interdisciplinary simulation technologies and developing an electronic clearinghouse of such technologies; and (3) award grants for purchasing, incorporating, and deploying such technologies for training of physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and qualified students.
Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Federal Medical Simulation Coordinating Council. Requires the Director to establish an advisory panel to make recommendations on how to structure programs established by this Act.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2009 to Sep 23, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Feb 4, 2009 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 10, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Suzanne M. Kosmas | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Apr 22, 2009 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Apr 22, 2009 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | May 4, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jun 10, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Sep 22, 2009 |
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 Feb 4, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 9, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 4, 2009Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 616 | Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009 | Identical bill | Mar 17, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2009Introduced in House
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