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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 10, 2003
2003 Act to Prevent Developmental Disabilities in Education - Directs the Secretary of Education to coordinate efforts with the Director of the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collecting and analyzing data to determine localities with a high incidence of developmental disabilities and possible causes for such circumstance. Directs the Secretary and the Director in implementing this Act to reconcile data collected in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act on the prevalence of developmental disabilities with existing surveillance and data collection systems, registries, and surveys that are administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D–NY
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7633)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7633)
Introduced in Senate
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