HCONRES 405
108th Congress
House
Health
Chemotherapy
Communication in medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Hormones
Medical screening
Medical tests
Prostate cancer
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the need to provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options, and for other purposes.
Introduced: April 2, 2004
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 2, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 2, 2004
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Commends national and community organizations and health care providers for supplying information concerning the importance of screening for prostate cancer and the treatment options. Declares that the Federal Government and the States have a moral responsibility to ensure that health care providers supply patients with appropriate information and tools necessary to receive readily understandable information about all medically efficacious treatments for prostate cancer.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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