,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1 #bjai 
,mr4 ,fortenberry introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to ensure that ,,als        
patients have access to treatment within
 clinical trials4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,als    
,placebo ,no ,more ,act4  #b4 ,authority
 for ,,hhs and agencies to develop      
resources and policies to provide access
 to promising treatments for patients   
with ,,als  ,the ,food and ,drug        
,administration 7,,fda7 and the         
,national ,institutes of ,health 7,,nih7
 shall collaborate on any current       
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7,,als7   
trial to ensure that all patients in    
treatment and placebo arms are provided 
access to the drug4  ,the ,,fda shall   
move expeditiously to implement its     
guidance on ,,als clinical trials to    
assure that all trials going forward    

shall require treatment arms for all    
patients4  ,the ,federal ,government    
shall develop incentives to expand      
access to investigational therapies for 
life-threatening conditions with fewer  
than two treatments4