Senate Bills - 110th Congress

S. 2618—The Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education (MD-CARE) Amendments of 2008

On February 8, 2008, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced S. 2618, the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education (MD-CARE) Amendments of 2008. The bills would reinsert an authorization of appropriations section (previously eliminated by the NIH Reform Act of 2006) in 404E of the PHS Act for such sums as necessary for Fiscal Years 2008 through 2012, name the muscular dystrophy centers of excellence as the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers, and require the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee to give special consideration to enhance the clinical research infrastructure to test emerging therapies for the various forms of muscular dystrophy. S. 2618 was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). The companion measure, H.R. 5265, was introduced by Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), on February 7, 2008.

Legislative Update (October 2008): Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments Act, 2008