US Congress House Bill 1187 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-3)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate its activities with respect to functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (FGIMDs), including by: expanding basic and clinical research into FGIMDs by implementing the research recommendations of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases, providing support for the establishment of centers of excellence on FGIMDs, supporting innovative approaches to educating health care providers and patients regarding strategies that improve patient-provider relationships and care, directing the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to provide the necessary funding for the continued expansion and advancement of the FGIMDs research portfolio, and directing NIDDK and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to expand research into FGIMDs that impact children. The Department of Health and Human Services may engage in public awareness and education activities to increase understanding and recognition of FGIMDs.

Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2017

Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-02-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-02-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1187/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1187/BILLS-115hr1187ih.pdf