IIB
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 758
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 15, 2010
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
AN ACT
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Pediatric Research Consortia
Establishment Act
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National pediatric research consortia
Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
National pediatric research consortia
In general
The Director of NIH, acting through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and in collaboration with all other Institutes of the National Institutes of Health that support pediatric research, may, subject to the availability of funds, award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit private entities to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, and providing basic operating support for up to 20 national pediatric research consortia. The Director of NIH shall take unmet research needs into account when making awards under this section.
Research
Research conducted under this section shall supplement, but not replace, research that is otherwise conducted or supported as part of the comprehensive pediatric research portfolio of entities receiving awards under subsection (a). Consortia established under subsection (a) shall, in the aggregate, conduct basic, clinical, behavioral, social, or translational research to meet unmet research needs, as well as training in and demonstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment methods relating to pediatrics, as appropriate.
Coordination of consortia reports
The Director of NIH shall—
as appropriate, provide for the coordination of information among consortia established under subsection (a) and ensure regular communication between such consortia; and
require the periodic preparation of reports on the activities of the consortia and the submission of the reports to the Director.
Organization of consortium
Each consortium established under subsection (a) shall be formed from a collaboration of cooperating institutions with a lead institution, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed by the Director of NIH, including participation in a network of such consortia.
Limitation
Payments under subsection (a) shall not exceed $2,500,000 per year for each consortium in the first 5-year cycle.
Duration of payments
Payments under subsection (a) for a consortium may be provided under this section for a period of 5 years and may be extended for additional periods of 5 years each, with enhanced funding opportunities based on a review of the operations by an appropriate scientific review.
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Passed the House of Representatives September 30 (legislative day September 29), 2010.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk