H.R.820: Childhood Cancer STAR Act

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371 (191 Democrats, 180 Republicans)

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Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 or the Childhood Cancer STAR Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with selected cancers that have the least effective treatments in order to achieve a better understanding of these cancers and...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date Description
Feb. 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 2, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb. 2, 2017

Introduced in the House by Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

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