Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 9, 2019)
Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program that provides for a partial federal guarantee of specified bonds, the sale of which shall finance promising translational vision-impairment research with private investment. The Government Accountability Office must study this program and consider whether similar programs should be established for other areas of biomedical research.
What just happenedMay 10, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 9, 2019
- May 10, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - May 9, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - May 9, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 9, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House