Women's Health Regional Centers Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 22, 1994)
Women's Health Regional Centers Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of centers to carry out specified activities regarding women's health conditions.
Requires the Director to provide for the development of five centers and to ensure that such a center is developed in each of the principal geographic regions of the United States.
Directs each center to: (1) conduct basic, clinical, and applied research and training programs for health professionals and scientists; (2) devleop curricula and model continuing education programs for training health professionals and scientists and model programs for the delivery of health services to women; (3) disseminate information to health professionals, scientists, and the public; and (4) develop, in the case of women who are in the medical profession, model programs for training such women in the skills necessary for achieving positions of leadership in such schools and in academic health centers.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) coordination of information; (2) structure of centers; (3) duration of support; and (4) limits on support.
Authorizes appropriations.
What just happenedOct 24, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 22, 1994
- Oct 24, 1994CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Sep 22, 1994IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 22, 1994IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1917)
- Sep 22, 1994IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 22, 1994IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House