H.R. 2620 · 116th Congress
Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sanford Bishop
- Introduced
- 2019-05-09
- Latest action
- 2019-05-10 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program that provides for a partial federal guarantee of specified bonds, the sale of which shall finance promising translational vision-impairment research with private investment. The Government Accountability Office must study this program and consider whether similar programs should be established for other areas of biomedical research.