Promoting increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable hospitalizations associated with this disease.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.Res.295 through Congress

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Related Senate measure: S.Res.243 A resolution promoting increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable hospitalizations associated with the disease.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 2, 2011

Calls for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) enhance quality of care and patient safety by advancing the development of process and outcome measures for the management of atrial fibrillation by national developers, supporting pilots and demonstration projects to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions for patients with atrial fibrillation, and facilitating the adoption of evidence-based guidelines by the medical community to improve patient outcomes; (2) advance atrial fibrillation research and education by encouraging basic science research to determine the causes and optimal treatments, exploring development of a screening tool and protocols to determine the risk for the development of atrial fibrillation, and enhancing current surveillance and tracking systems to include atrial fibrillation; and (3) improve access to appropriate medical care for patients suffering from atrial fibrillation by encouraging education programs that promote collaboration among federal health agencies and that increase public and clinician awareness of atrial fibrillation.

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Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12] · R–TX

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Energy and Commerce Committee

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Jun 3, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 2, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 2, 2011
Introduced in House
Jun 2, 2011
Introduced in House

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SRES 243 · A resolution promoting increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable hospitalizations associated with the disease.

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Discuss H.Res.295, 112th Congress: Promoting increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable hospitalizations associated with this disease.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/295

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres295/BILLS-112hres295ih.htm

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Discuss H.Res.295, 112th Congress: Promoting increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable hospitalizations associated with this disease.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/295

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2011-06-02.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres295/BILLS-112hres295ih.htm

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Discuss H.Res.295, 112th Congress: Promoting increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable hospitalizations associated with this disease.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/295

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2011-06-02.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres295/BILLS-112hres295ih.htm

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Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss H.Res.295, 112th Congress: Promoting increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable hospitalizations associated with this disease.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/295

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2011-06-02.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres295/BILLS-112hres295ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-03T01:30:08Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.Res.295 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.