Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 13, 2013)
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish, administer, and coordinate a National Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Consortium to: (1) award grants of not fewer than five years duration to conduct research with respect to the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO (a neurological disease leading to blindness and paralysis); (2) assemble a panel of experts to provide ongoing guidance and the recommendations on research design and protocols, and (3) designate a central laboratory to collect, analyze, and aggregate data with respect to such research and to make such data and analysis available to researchers.
Establishes eligibility requirements for a consortium (a partnership of two or more universities, health care organizations, or government agencies, or any combination of such entities), including that: (1) it has the capability to enroll a minimum of 25 individuals with a diagnosis of NMO as research participants from the designated catchment area (geographical area), and (2) that the catchment area does not overlap with any other consortium receiving a grant under this Act.
What just happenedFeb 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 13, 2013
- Feb 15, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 13, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Feb 13, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House