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STOP Stroke Act

For several years, the STOP Stroke Act has had broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate, and action on the STOP Stroke Act looks promising in the 110th Congress. On Jan. 16, 2007, Reps. Lois Capps (D-CA) and Chip Pickering (R-MS) re-introduced House legislation (H.R. 477), which quickly garnered 90 co-sponsors. The full House of Representatives passed the STOP Stroke Act by voice vote on March 27.

In the Senate, Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) re-introduced the STOP Stroke Act (S. 999) on March 27. It has been referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, where it is awaiting further action.

Both bills would authorize: a grant program to help states ensure that patients have access to quality stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services; a national public awareness campaign to educate the public about stroke warning signs and how stroke can be prevented; the Coverdell Stroke Registry and Clearinghouse to collect data and share best practices; and a grant program to educate medical professionals in newly developed diagnostic approaches, technologies and therapies.

For complete information about the Senate version of the STOP Stroke Act, please visit the below mentioned link

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/bills_res.html

Click on "Search Bill text" and inth enext page type in " stroke" in the search field provided.The first article that come up is the referred article, the title is "Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate) [S.999.IS] "

Find out if your senator or representative, supports the STOP Stroke Act.