Promoting ACCESS to Diagnostics Act
Latest action · Jan 13, 2022 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.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Access to Critical Countermeasures by Ensuring Specimen Samples to Diagnostics Act or the Promoting ACCESS to Diagnostics Act
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support the development of medical products and diagnostic tests for emerging infectious diseases.
Specifically, HHS must develop policies and procedures governing access by public and private entities to samples of pathogens (or suitable surrogates). The samples may be used for preparedness and response activities, developing medical products for emerging infectious diseases, and similar purposes.
Additionally, HHS may contract with public and private entities to increase the capacity to rapidly develop, validate, and disseminate diagnostic tests to health departments and other entities to respond to emerging infectious diseases with significant potential to cause a public health emergency.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 13, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Jan 13, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2022Introduced in Senate
- Jan 13, 2022Read 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3799 | PREVENT Pandemics Act | Related bill | Mar 15, 2022 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Product development and innovation
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2022Introduced in Senate
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