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Senate Bill 3496
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Promoting ACCESS to Diagnostics Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 13, 2022
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Republican
Introduced
Jan 13, 2022
Latest Action
Jan 13, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3496
Congress
117
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Mike Braun
Indiana
Democrat
Tim Kaine
Virginia
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Promoting Access to Critical Countermeasures by Ensuring Specimen Samples to Diagnostics Act or the Promoting ACCESS to Diagnostics Act

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support the development of medical products and diagnostic tests for emerging infectious diseases.

Specifically, HHS must develop policies and procedures governing access by public and private entities to samples of pathogens (or suitable surrogates). The samples may be used for preparedness and response activities, developing medical products for emerging infectious diseases, and similar purposes.

Additionally, HHS may contract with public and private entities to increase the capacity to rapidly develop, validate, and disseminate diagnostic tests to health departments and other entities to respond to emerging infectious diseases with significant potential to cause a public health emergency.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
January 13, 2022
Related Bills (1)
Mar 10, 2022
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 3799
PREVENT Pandemics Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
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CRS
Actions (2)
01/13/2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
01/13/2022
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 30, 2022 4:04:47 AM
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