House Committee Approves
Stroke Prevention Bill
March 5, 2004 - The House Energy and Commerce Committee
March 3 passed the Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention
Act (H.R.
3658), clearing the way for a vote in the full House,
perhaps in the next two weeks. The bill, sponsored by Reps.
Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) and Lois Capps (D-Calif.), authorizes
funding to conduct stroke education campaigns; provides critical
resources to implement stroke care systems; establishes a
clearinghouse to support community efforts to improve stroke
care; offers medical professional development programs in
new stroke therapies; and assesses the effectiveness of the
program to optimize its impact. Sens. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) sponsor the companion bill (S.
1909) in the Senate, but it has not yet seen action.
Information:
Erica Froyd, Director, Public Health and Research Legislative Affairs
AAMC Government Relations
efroyd@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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