H.R. 292: Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-13 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015

Plain summary

Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and (2) incorporate information obtained through those activities into a National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the System facilitates further research on neurological diseases. Requires HHS to provide for the collection and storage of information on neurological diseases, including the incidence, prevalence, and other information, to the extent practicable. Requires HHS to: (1) make information and analysis in the System available to federal agencies and to the public, including researchers; and (2) ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as the protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · 129 cosponsors

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Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), John R. Carter (R-TX), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Scott H. Peters (D-CA) and 69 more.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr292.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr292 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114