S 494 · in committee · significant
National Plan for Epilepsy Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- HHS must create a national plan to prevent, diagnose, treat, and cure epilepsy.
- People with epilepsy and researchers working on the condition are affected.
- The plan requires an advisory council and annual congressional reports through 2035.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the national epilepsy plan balance funding between prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and research for a cure?
- 02
What specific metrics or outcomes should HHS use to measure whether the epilepsy plan is succeeding over the next decade?
- 03
Which stakeholders—patients, neurologists, researchers, or others—should have the most influence on the advisory council shaping this plan?
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Sponsor · R-MO
Eric Schmitt
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
19/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-10
Joining the bill
John Boozman
R-AR · original
Amy Klobuchar
D-MN · original
Margaret Wood Hassan
D-NH · original
Jon Husted
R-OH
Edward J. Markey
D-MA
Cory A. Booker
D-NJ
Joni Ernst
R-IA
Alex Padilla
D-CA
Shelley Moore Capito
R-WV
Jeanne Shaheen
D-NH
Christopher A. Coons
D-DE
Raphael G. Warnock
D-GA
+ 7 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-10 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-02-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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