118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3503NIH Clinical Trial Diversity Act of 2023

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to take certain steps to increase clinical trial diversity, and for other purposes.

Health
Introduced May 18, 2023
Last action May 19, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 18, 2023
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Referred
May 19, 2023
E&C
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill sets out requirements to increase the diversity of clinical trial participants and requires other activities to foster participation in clinical trials. As a condition of approval from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a clinical trial investigating a drug, device, or behavioral intervention, a sponsor's application must include certain information related to diversity in its trial, such as goals for recruiting and retaining trial participants, plans for achieving the recruitment and retention goals and implementing less-burdensome clinical trial follow-up requirements, and requirements for researchers and other individuals involved with the trial to complete education...

Provisions · 5 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
May 19, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2023
Introduced in House
May 18, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.