Training and Research in Urology Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to separate the research and training on urologic diseases from that of kidney and hematologic diseases.
Replaces the Division Director for Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases with a Division Director for Urologic Diseases and a Division Director for Kidney and Hematologic Diseases. Requires the Director of the Institute to: (1) give particular attention to supporting research and training programs geared to the needs of urology residents and fellows; and (2) submit to Congress a national urologic research plan and review such plan every three years.
Replaces the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Data System, the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, and the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board with separate data systems, information clearinghouses, and advisory boards for kidney diseases and urologic diseases. Replaces the Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee and the Institute's advisory panel subcommittee on kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases with separate coordinating committees and subcommittees for: (1) kidney and hematologic diseases; and (2) urologic diseases.
Requires at least 15 of the centers developed for research in kidney and urologic diseases under the Public Health Service Act to focus exclusively on urologic diseases.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a loan repayment program for urology research.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 258 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 258
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance research, training,
and health information dissemination with respect to urologic diseases,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 2, 2005
Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Dodd) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance research, training,
and health information dissemination with respect to urologic diseases,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Training and Research in Urology Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND HEALTH INFORMATION DISSEMINATION WITH
RESPECT TO UROLOGIC DISEASES.
(a) Division Director of Urology.--Section 428 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-2) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``and a Division
Director for Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases'' and
inserting ``a Division Director for Urologic Diseases, and a
Division Director for Kidney and Hematologic Diseases'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``and the Division Director for
Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases'' and
inserting ``the Division Director for Urologic
Diseases, and the Division Director for Kidney and
Hematologic Diseases''; and
(B) by striking ``(1) carry out programs'' and all
that follows through the end and inserting the
following:
``(1) carry out programs of support for research and
training (other than training for which National Research
Service Awards may be made under section 487) in the diagnosis,
prevention, and treatment of diabetes mellitus and endocrine
and metabolic diseases, digestive diseases and nutritional
disorders, and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases,
including support for training in medical schools, graduate
clinical training (with particular attention to programs geared
to the needs of urology residents and fellows), graduate
training in epidemiology, epidemiology studies, clinical
trials, and interdisciplinary research programs;
``(2) establish programs of evaluation, planning, and
dissemination of knowledge related to such research and
training;
``(3) in cooperation with the urologic scientific and
patient community, develop and submit to the Congress not later
than January 1, 2006, a national urologic research plan that
identifies research needs in the various areas of urologic
diseases, including pediatrics, interstitial cystitis,
incontinence, stone disease, urinary tract infections, and
benign prostatic diseases; and
``(4) in cooperation with the urologic scientific and
patient community, review the national urologic research plan
every 3 years beginning in 2009 and submit to the Congress any
revisions or additional recommendations.''; and
(3) by adding at the end, the following:
``(c) There are authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for each of
fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out paragraphs (3) and (4) of
subsection (b), and such sums as may be necessary thereafter.''.
(b) Urologic Diseases Data System and Information Clearinghouse.--
Section 427 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-1) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ``and Urologic'' and
``and urologic'' each place either such term appears; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) The Director of the Institute shall--
``(1) establish the National Urologic Diseases Data System
for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and
dissemination of data derived from patient populations with
urologic diseases, including, where possible, data involving
general populations for the purpose of detection of individuals
with a risk of developing urologic diseases; and
``(2) establish the National Urologic Diseases Information
Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and
understanding of urologic diseases on the part of health
professionals, patients, and the public through the effective
dissemination of information.''.
(c) Strengthening the Urology Interagency Coordinating Committee.--
Section 429 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-3) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and a Kidney,
Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Coordinating Committee'' and
inserting ``a Urologic Diseases Interagency Coordinating
Committee, and a Kidney and Hematologic Diseases Interagency
Coordinating Committee'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``the Chief Medical
Director of the Veterans' Administration,'' and inserting ``the
Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans
Affairs''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) The urology interagency coordinating committee may encourage,
conduct, or support intra- or interagency activities in urology
research, including joint training programs, joint research projects,
planning activities, and clinical trials.
``(e) For the purpose of carrying out the activities of the
Urologic Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee, there are
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006
through 2010, and such sums as may be necessary thereafter.''.
(d) National Urologic Diseases Advisory Board.--Section 430 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-4) is amended by striking
``and the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board'' and
inserting ``the National Urologic Diseases Advisory Board, and the
National Kidney Diseases Advisory Board''.
(e) Expansion of O'Brien Urologic Disease Research Centers.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 431 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-5(c)) is amended in
the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ``There shall
be no fewer than 15 such centers focused exclusively on
research of various aspects of urologic diseases, including
pediatrics, interstitial cystitis, incontinence, stone disease,
urinary tract infections, and benign prostatic diseases.''
before ``Each center developed''.
(2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 431 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-5) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(f) There are authorized to be appropriated for the urologic
disease research centers described in subsection (c) $22,500,000 for
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, and such sums as are necessary
thereafter.''.
(3) Technical amendment.--Subsection (c) of section 431 of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-5(c)) is amended
at the beginning of the unnumbered paragraph--
(A) by striking ``shall develop and conduct'' and
inserting ``(2) shall develop and conduct''; and
(B) by aligning the indentation of such paragraph
with the indentation of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4).
(f) Subcommittee on Urologic Diseases.--Section 432 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-6) is amended by striking ``and a
subcommittee on kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases'' and
inserting ``a subcommittee on urologic diseases, and a subcommittee on
kidney and hematologic diseases''.
(g) Loan Repayment to Encourage Urologists and Other Scientists to
Enter Research Careers.--Subpart 3 of part C of title IV of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c et seq.) is amended by inserting
after section 434A the following:
``loan repayment program for urology research
``Sec. 434B. (a) Establishment.--Subject to subsection (b), the
Secretary shall carry out a program of entering into contracts with
appropriately qualified health professionals or other qualified
scientists under which such health professionals or scientists agree to
conduct research in the field of urology, as employees of the National
Institutes of Health or of an academic department, division, or section
of urology, in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to
repay, for each year of such research, not more than $35,000 of the
principal and interest of the educational loans of such health
professionals or scientists.
``(b) Limitation.--The Secretary may not enter into an agreement
with a health professional or scientist pursuant to subsection (a)
unless the professional or scientist--
``(1) has a substantial amount of educational loans
relative to income; and
``(2) agrees to serve as an employee of the National
Institutes of Health or of an academic department, division, or
section of urology for purposes of the research requirement of
subsection (a) for a period of not less than 3 years.
``(c) Applicability of Certain Provisions.--Except as inconsistent
with this section, the provisions of subpart 3 of part D of title III
apply to the program established under subsection (a) in the same
manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to the National
Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established under such
subpart.''.
(h) Authorization of Appropriations for Urology Research.--Subpart
3 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
285c et seq.) (as amended by subsection (g)) is further amended by
inserting after section 434B the following:
``authorization of appropriations for urology research.
``Sec. 434C. There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Director of NIH for the purpose of carrying out intra- and interagency
activities in urology research (including training programs, joint
research projects, and joint clinical trials) $5,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2006 through 2010, and such sums as may be necessary
thereafter. Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this section
shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purpose.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S887-888)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S888-889)
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