Senate Bills - 110th Congress

S. 976—The Genomics And Personalized Medicine Act of 2007

On March 23, 2007, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) introduced the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007. This bill would require the Secretary of HHS to establish the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Interagency Working Group (IWG). Among other duties, the IWG would develop guidelines for procedures, protocols, and policies safeguarding the privacy of biobank subjects, in accordance with the Office for Human Research Protections and Clinical Research Policy Analysis and Coordination Program at the NIH. S. 976 would also authorize the Secretary to establish a national biobanking database; a biobank initiatives grant program; and a mechanism for management and submission of pharmacogenomic data developed by the FDA in collaboration with the NIH and CDC. The Secretary would conduct studies in order to realize the potential of personalized medicine by accelerating genomic research, increasing understanding of how genomics interacts with environmental factors to cause disease, and accelerating development of accurate diagnostics and treatments. S. 976 was referred to the Senate HELP Committee.

Legislative Update (May 2007): Genomics and Personalized Medicine