US Congress House Bill 1927 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-8-1)
Status: Introduced on April 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research with respect to: (1) improving the treatment and management of symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatment; and (2) evaluating the role of nursing interventions in the amelioration of such symptoms and side effects. Requires the NIH Director to make nursing intervention research grants for studying cancer symptom management care and services delivered by registered nurses. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement under which the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences shall evaluate and report to the Secretary and Congress on the current state of symptom management, patient treatment education, and supportive care given to people with cancer.

Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2009

Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-21		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-04-02		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-04-02		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-04-02		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1927/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1927/BILLS-111hr1927ih.pdf