President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Act

(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #173 (68-10) (similar provisions inserted in S. 2450 as passed Senate))

President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavorial Research.

Directs the Commission to issue a report every two years on the protection of human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research.

Directs the Commission to complete any of the duties of, and to periodically issue reports on, the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, which remain unfinished on the date of enactment of this Act.

Directs the Commission to study the ethical, social, and legal implications of: (1) advances in biomedical and behavioral research technology; and (2) resource allocation decisions concerning health care research and delivery. Directs the Commission to issue a report on such studies every three years.

Directs the Commission to undertake studies: (1) to identify the requirements for informed consent by patients before they receive any medical treatment regardless of the setting of such treatment; (2) to investigate and study the matter of defining death including the advisability of developing a uniform definition of death; (3) to investigate and study the ethical, moral, social and legal implications of voluntary testing, counseling, and information and education programs with respect to genetic diseases and conditions; (4) to access and evaluate current procedures and mechanisms designed to safeguard the privacy of research subjects to ensure confidentiality of patient records, and to ensure appropriate access to information contained in such records by such patients; and (5) to investigate or study any other appropriate matter consistent with the purposes of this Act on its own initiative, at the request of the head of a department or agency, or at the request of a committee of the Congress.

States that such study with respect to genetic diseases shall evidence concern for the essential equality of all human beings, born and unborn.

Directs the Commission to issue reports on such studies upon their completion.

Declares that any special study the Commission undertakes shall not be considered as representative of the views of the Congress or any committee of the Congress or the executive branch.

States that personal data collected by the Commission pursuant to this Act may not be disclosed to any person other than the individual who is the subject of the data.

Directs the President's Commission to complete any unfinished duties of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research established under the National Research Act.