HR 9632
Accelerating Innovation (AI) for Kids with Cancer Act
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Bill overview
This bill, the Accelerating Innovation (AI) for Kids with Cancer Act, aims to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pediatric cancer by coordinating federal efforts to utilize artificial intelligence (AI). It establishes a Coordinator of AI Innovation to oversee these efforts, focusing on leveraging the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) and promoting data sharing and interoperability. The bill also seeks to integrate AI into clinical trial design and data analysis to enhance patient outcomes.
Key provisions
- Designates a Coordinator of AI Innovation to lead federal efforts in pediatric cancer AI research.
- Directs the Coordinator to identify opportunities to accelerate AI solutions within the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI).
- Focuses on improving clinical trial design, data infrastructure, and predictive modeling using AI.
- Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop interoperability standards for patient data used with AI.
- Mandates a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment outlining the implementation of the Act.
- Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
- Allocates $100,000,000 annually to the CCDI for each of those years.
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- Pediatric cancer patients and their families
- Researchers in pediatric oncology
- The Department of Health and Human Services
- Congress
- The private sector (through data sharing)
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 9632
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To better coordinate Federal efforts to utilize advance technologies, such as AI, to improve diagnoses, treatments, cures, and prevention strategies for pediatric cancer, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Accelerating Innovation (AI) for Kids with Cancer Act
.
Secretary), shall appoint an individual or entity to serve as the coordinator of Federal efforts to utilize advance technologies, such as AI, to improve diagnoses, treatments, cures, and prevention strategies for pediatric cancer. Such individual or entity shall be known as the Coordinator of AI Innovation (in this section referred to as the
Coordinator). The Coordinator shall serve as a member of the Domestic Policy Council.
In carrying out subsection (a), the Coordinator shall identify opportunities to accelerate the progress of AI-driven solutions at the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (in this section referred to as the CCDI
), including—
by improving clinical trial design and access through incorporating AI approaches;
by making data platforms and tools available as part of the CCDI Data Ecosystem;
by enhancing data analysis through integration with AI tools—
to improve predictive modeling of patient response, disease progression, and treatment toxicity; and
to turn multi-omics data and imaging data into novel diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic biomarkers; and
by improving clinical trial design, access, and outcomes for patients by incorporating multimodal data and using AI approaches.
The Secretary shall work to ensure that AI innovation is appropriately integrated into current work on interoperability to maximize the potential for electronic health records and claims data to inform private sector and academic research and clinical trial design, while ensuring that individuals (or authorized representatives) control their health information.
appropriately account for structured and unstructured data; and
enable safe and privacy-compliant exchanges of data.
In this section:
The term appropriate committees of Congress means—
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives;
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such funds as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
In addition to amounts made available to carry out this section under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (b), $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.