legislation: 103-hr-3878

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103-hr-3878 103 hr 3878 Federal Research Informed Consent Act Science, Technology, Communications 1994-02-23 1994-03-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-4] TN D C000754 15 Federal Research Informed Consent Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the requirement that, in federally qualified research in which any human subject is to be used, the principal researcher obtain the informed consent of the subject. Allows the Secretary to exempt categories of research from such consent requirement. Requires congressional notification of such exemptions and a 60-day waiting period before the exemption is effective. Directs the Secretary to establish requirements for obtaining informed consent. Provides for civil actions by those from whom no such consent was obtained, allowing damages, equitable relief, and attorney's fees and costs. Preempts any State law concerning the obtaining of such consent. 2025-08-26T13:50:38Z  

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