A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a National Sickle Cell Anemia Institute.

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Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Public Health Service the National Sickle Cell Anemia Institute. States that the Institute shall: (1) conduct and support research on sickle cell anemia; (2) provide training and establish fellowships in matters relating to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this disease; (3) provide for nationwide screening programs to determine the incidence of sickle cell anemia and its traits among school age children; (4) conduct and support counseling and education programs to make the public aware of the services available with respect to sickle cell anemia; and (5) assist the Secretary of Defense in screening all persons entering the armed forces for sickle cell anemia and its traits. Establishes an advisory council to assist the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in matters relating to the Institute. Provides that this council will assume the responsibilities of the National Advisory Health Council on matters relating to sickle cell anemia.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 May 1977

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