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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 18, 2000
Children's Research Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) review regulations concerning the protection of children participating as subjects in research and implement any modifications necessary to ensure their protection; (2) require that all such research conducted, supported, or regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services complies with such regulations; (3) award grants to qualified academic research institutions and research networks to provide training in pediatric clinical pharmacology; (4) establish a pediatric research loan repayment program under which pediatricians agree to conduct pediatric research in return for the Government repaying up to $35,000 of their educational loans; and (5) establish a loan forgiveness program under which qualified health care professionals conduct research into childhood diseases in return for the Government repaying up to $35,000 of their educational loans.
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Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] · D–CO
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Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
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Introduced in House
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