Patients First Act of 2011
Latest action · Sep 20, 2011 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.
- IntroducedSep 15, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Patients First Act of 2011 - 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; and (2) is prioritized in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients.
Requires the Secretary to report on peer reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 15, 2011 to May 9, 2012; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Alan Nunnelee | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-TX | Francisco "Quico" Canseco | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-OH | Jean Schmidt | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Sep 20, 2011 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Sep 23, 2011 | |
| R-LA | Jeffrey M. Landry | Oct 3, 2011 | |
| R-OH | Steve Austria | Oct 6, 2011 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Nov 14, 2011 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Apr 19, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Apr 24, 2012 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Apr 24, 2012 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Apr 27, 2012 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | May 9, 2012 |
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 Sep 15, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 20, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 15, 2011Introduced in House
- Sep 15, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6232.
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 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
