WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Informed consent (Medical law)

H.R. 6047, The Early Access to Treatment Act

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6047 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to mandate early access by desperately ill patients to treatment use of new drugs under clinical investigation for a serious or immediately life-threatening disease condition for whom no comparable or satisfactory drug or other therapy is available....

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P.L. 110-374, The Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.18

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1810 would amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions....

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H.R. 5032, The Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5032 would ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion....

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S. 2407, The Pregnant Women Support Act

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2407 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents....

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S. 2075, The Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2075 would ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion....

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H.R. 3442, The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2007

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3442 would ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child....

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H.R. 3192, The Pregnant Women Support Act

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3192 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents....

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H.R. 3000, The Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3000 would establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery....

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P.L. 110-134, The Improving Head Start Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $320.46

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1429 would reauthorize the Head Start Act, improve program quality, and expand access....

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H.R. 2731, The Safe Tissue Act

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2731 would improve the oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process....

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H.R. 2717, The Access to Medical Treatment Act

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2717 would permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests....

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H.R. 2387, The Parental Consent Act of 2007

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2387 would prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program....

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H.R. 2273, The Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007

Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2273 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the deposit in the general fund of the Treasury of fees that are collected from manufacturers of drugs and devices under chapter VII of such Act, it would terminate the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to negotiate with the manufacturers on particular uses of the fees, it would establish a Center for Postmarket Drug Safety and Effectiveness, and it would establish additional authorities to ensure the safe ...

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H.R. 1892, The National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank Act of 2007

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1892 would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank....

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S. 5, The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 5 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research....

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H.R. 1812, The Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1812 would provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs....

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S. 997, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 997 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research....

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S. 957, The Amniotic Fluid and Placental Stem Cell Banking Act of 2007

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 957 would provide for the collection and maintenance of amniotic fluid and placental stem cells for the treatment of patients and research....

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S. 812, The Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2007

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 812 would prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research....

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H.R. 1225, The Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2007

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1225 would amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries....

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H.R. 1165, The SAFE Drug Act

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1165 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish additional authorities to ensure the safe and effective use of drugs, and to establish whistleblower protections for certain individuals....

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H.R. 1074, The Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1074 would provide for programs that reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents....

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S. 363, The HOPE Act

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 363 would provide increased Federal funding for stem cell research, expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for Federally funded research, provide ethical guidelines for stem cell research, and derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not create an embryo or embryos for research or knowingly harm human embryo or embryos....

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S. 356, The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2007

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 356 would ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child....

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H.R. 3, The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research....

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