Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2016”.
Pediatric Research Improvement Act of 2016
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to a national pediatric research network.
Sec. 2 National Pediatric Research Network
Section 409D(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284h(d)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
by striking “in consultation with the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and in collaboration with other appropriate national research institutes and national centers that carry out activities involving pediatric research” and inserting “in collaboration with the national research institutes and national centers that carry out activities involving pediatric research”;
by striking subparagraph (B);
by striking “may be comprised of, as appropriate” and all that follows through “the pediatric research consortia” and inserting “may be comprised of, as appropriate, the pediatric research consortia”; and
by striking “; or” at the end and inserting a period; and
in paragraph (1), paragraph (2)(A), the first sentence of paragraph (2)(E), and paragraph (4), by striking “may” each place it appears and inserting “shall”.