S. 800: Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-19 · Health · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · what a sponsor is
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Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act

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Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements for medical rehabilitation research. The purpose of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) is revised to include coordination of research and research training. The NCMRR must develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for medical rehabilitation research. Currently, this research plan is developed and updated by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The NCMRR must: (1) annually report on progress in achieving the objectives, benchmarks, and guiding principles described in the research plan; and (2) develop guidelines governing the funding for medical rehabilitation research by the National Institutes of Health. The Medical Rehabilitation Coordinating Committee must periodically host a scientific conference or workshop on medical rehabilitation research. The Department of Health and Human Services must enter into interagency agreements to coordinate medical rehabilitation research.

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Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 800, Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act (2016-05-23)

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Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan M. Collins (R-ME)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s800.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s800 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114