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HR 918 108th Congress House

Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a demonstration grant program to provide patient navigator services to reduce barriers and improve health care outcomes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 26, 2003 See on congress.gov
Health Access to health careAlaskaAsian American ethnic groupsCancer
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 6, 2004
Received in the Senate.
Oct 5, 2004
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 918.
Oct 5, 2004
Mr. Barton (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 5, 2004
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 447.
Oct 5, 2004
Committee on Resources discharged.
Oct 5, 2004
House Committee on Resources Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 5, 2004.
Oct 5, 2004
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 108-727, Part I.
Oct 5, 2004
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Oct 5, 2004
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 5, 2004
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8064-8065)
Oct 5, 2004
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8064-8065)
Oct 5, 2004
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8064-8069)
Sep 30, 2004
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E308)
Feb 26, 2003
Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.
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 Latest action October 6, 2004

Received in the Senate.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003 - 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; (2) the Director of the National Cancer Institute; and (3) the Director of the Indian Health Service 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.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 7 Republican 9
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 15, 2004
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 13, 2004
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jul 13, 2004
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Jun 25, 2004
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 2, 2004
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Nov 21, 2003
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 21, 2003
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Sep 10, 2003
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Sep 10, 2003
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 25, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 26, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 26, 2003
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 1, 2003
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Feb 26, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 26, 2003
RODRIGUEZ, CIRO
· Feb 26, 2003
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 26, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 918: Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-918/
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"H.R. 918: Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-918/.
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