Patients First Act of 2007

Summary

Patients First Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of, or treatments for, diseases and other adverse health conditions, including pluripotent stem cells that have the flexibility of embryonic stem cells (whether or not such pluripotent stem cells have an embryonic source), provided that such techniques will not involve: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; (2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a living human embryo; or (3) the use of any stem cell the derivation or provision of which would be inconsistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines implementing this Act to ensure that any research (including any clinical trial) supported under this Act: (1) is clearly consistent with the standards established in this Act, if conducted using human cells; (2) is prioritized in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients; and (3) may take into account techniques outlined by the President's Council on Bioethics and any other appropriate techniques and research. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report on peer reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded; and (2) study and submit recommendations to Congress on any structural changes to the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program that would help to expand access to new and future stem cell therapeutic products.

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Timeline

1. 21 June 2007

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

2. 21 June 2007

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 June 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 21 June 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House · 21 June 2007 · Official file

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 June 2007

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

• Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] · R · Sponsor
• Daniel Lipinski · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] · R · Cosponsor
• Frank Lucas · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Tim Walberg · R · Cosponsor
• Rescom. Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Doug Lamborn · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Christopher Smith · R · Cosponsor
• Trent Franks · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
• Rob Bishop · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] · R · Cosponsor
• John Boozman · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24] · R · Cosponsor
• Jim Jordan · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sali, Bill [R-ID-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Robert Wittman · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1] · R · Cosponsor
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