,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bgac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ag1    
#bjaf ,mr4 ,alexander introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide for the             
implementation of a ,precision ,medicine
 ,initiative4  #a4 ,short title  ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,advancing     
,precision ,medicine ,act of #bjaf4  #b4
 ,precision medicine initiative  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,secretary of ,health and 
,human ,services 7referred to in this   
section as the ,secretary7 is encouraged
 to establish and carry out an          
initiative1 to be known as the          
,precision ,medicine ,initiative1 to    
augment efforts to address disease      
prevention1 diagnosis1 and treatment4   
7b7 ,components ,the ,initiative        
described under subsection 7a7 may      
include--  7#a7 developing a network of 
scientists to assist in carrying out the

 purposes of the ,initiative2  7#b7     
developing new approaches for addressing
 scientific1 medical1 public health1 and
 regulatory science issues2  7#c7       
applying genomic technologies to provide
 data on the molecular basis of disease2
  7#d7 collecting information           
voluntarily provided by a diverse cohort
 of individuals that can be used to     
better understand health and disease2   
and  7#e7 other activities determined   
appropriate by the ,secretary to advance
 the goals of the ,initiative4  7c7     
,authority of the ,secretary ,in        
carrying out this section1 the          
,secretary may--  7#a7 coordinate with  
the ,secretary of ,energy1 private      
industry1 and others determined         
appropriate by the ,secretary to        
identify and address the advanced       
supercomputing needs for the ,initiative
 described under subsection 7a72  7#b7  
develop and utilize public-private      
partnerships2 and  7#c7 leverage        
existing data sources4  7d7             

,requirements ,in the implementation of 
the ,initiative under subsection 7a71   
the ,secretary shall--  7#a7 ensure the 
collaboration of the ,national          
,institutes of ,health1 the ,food and   
,drug ,administration1 and the ,office  
of the ,national ,coordinator for       
,health ,information ,technology2  7#b7 
comply with existing laws and           
regulations for the protection of human 
subjects involved in research1 including
 the protection of participant privacy2 
7#c7 implement policies and mechanisms  
for appropriate secure data sharing     
across systems that include protections 
for privacy and security of data2 and   
7#d7 consider the diversity of the      
cohort to ensure inclusion of a broad   
range of participants1 including        
consideration of biological1 social1 and
 other determinants of health that      
contribute to health disparities4