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Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2002

Introduced: July 23, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jul 29, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 24, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1343)
Jul 23, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 23, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration; and (2) the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for model programs to provide services for cancer and chronic diseases to individuals of health disparity populations.

Requires that these services: (1) be provided in a culturally competent way; (2) include patient navigators to help with finding services and follow-up care; and (3) include ongoing outreach activities.

Conditions grants on the presence of a fee schedule consistent with prevailing rates and a fee discount schedule which provides fee adjustments based on ability to pay.

Evaluates services according to a peer-reviewed model according to best practices.

Limits the grants to five years.

What's happening now July 29, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 26, 2002
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 23, 2002
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 23, 2002
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 23, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5187: Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5187/
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"H.R. 5187: Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5187/.
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