Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016
This bill permits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out an initiative to address disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment that may include collecting from a diverse cohort of individuals information that can be used to better understand health and disease. HHS may carry out specified activities relating to the initiative, including coordinating with the Department of Energy to address supercomputing needs.
In implementing the initiative, HHS must: (1) collaborate with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; (2) implement secure data sharing; and (3) ensure inclusion of a broad range of participants, considering factors that contribute to health disparities.| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
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| 2016-04-18 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428. | Senate |
| 2016-04-18 | Committee | Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. | Senate |
| 2016-04-06 | Committee | Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate |
| 2016-03-17 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate |
| 2016-03-17 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |