House Passes Stroke Act
CAL/AAEM News Service
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Mon Jun 28 22:48:01 PDT 2004
House Passes Stroke Act
June 18, 2004
The House of Representatives June 14 approved the "Stroke Treatment and Ongoing
Prevention Act" (H.R. 3658), sending the bill to the Senate for consideration by the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. H.R. 3658 was introduced by Reps.
Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) and Lois Capps (D-Calif.), and was approved by the House Energy
and Commerce Committee in March [see Washington Highlights, March 5]. The Senate
companion bill (S. 1909), cosponsored by Sens. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Edward Kennedy
(D-Mass.), has 23 cosponsors but has not seen action. The legislation creates public
awareness programs on stroke prevention, provides funding to implement stroke care
systems, establishes a data clearinghouse and authorizes health care professionals
education programs in stroke and traumatic injury treatment. It also provides grants to
the states to develop telehealth networks.
For more information, contact:
Erica Froyd, Senior Legislative Analyst
AAMC Office of Governmental Relations
efroyd at aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
Source: AAMC Washington Highlights
(http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/library/washhigh/2004/061804/start.htm)
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Cyrus Shahpar & Brian Potts
Managing Editors, CAL/AAEM News Service
UC-Irvine
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