H.R. 1192 would amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus.
Detailed Summary
Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Communication, and Healthcare Amendments of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand research on lupus to include: (1) basic research to discover the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of the disease; and (2) research to validate lupus biomarkers.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to work with a consortium of academic health institutions to undertake an epidemiological study to determine the prevalence and incidence of lupus in the United States. Requires the Director of CDC to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement with such consortium to develop, implement, and manage a system for lupus data collection and analysis; and (2) ensure that such consortium represents different geographic areas and includes individuals of racial and ethnic backgrounds disproportionately affected by lupus.
Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to study and make recommendations related to lupus, to include: (1) evaluating federal and state activities related to lupus and recommending ways to expand such activities; (2) identifying gaps in federal research; and (3) recommending ways to improve the quality of life for people with lupus.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office on Women's Health, to conduct and support a national lupus public awareness and health professional education campaign, with an emphasis on reaching populations at highest risk for the disease.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Visitor Comments
Kelly Duvall
I urge you to contact your Representative and get this bill passed. As a sufferer of Systemic Lupus, people are so unaware of what Lupus is and just how badly we suffer. If this bill was for cancer cure research everyone would be supportive, but since they don't know about Lupus, people think this isn't important. This is the exact reason why this bill needs to be addressed.
Rosie Wentz
This is a critical crisis that must be brought to the forefront with the support of our government. Funding must be made available to research to bring some new findings on the disease in the hopes of medications and obcourse a cure.