HR 1532 · 110th Congress · Health

Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008

Introduced 2007-03-15· Sponsored by Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]· House

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Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-392.(2008-10-13)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth research and demonstration projections for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis that shall receive priority from the Secretary of Health and Human Services in awarding research grants for tuberculosis. Requires the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis to make recommendations on the development, revision, and implementation of a national plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis. Requires the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force to make recommendations on the development of a national plan for the development of such tools. Requires the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate tuberculosis research and development. Allows the Director of the Institute to provide awards for: (1) the development of curricula in schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine regarding the principles and practices of preventing, managing, and contr…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1532, Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008

Sep 22, 2008

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008</p>

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H.R. 1532, Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008

Sep 22, 2008

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

18 Democrats2 Republicans