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S 453 108th Congress Senate

Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration and the National Cancer Institute to make grants for model programs to provide to individu… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration and the National Cancer Institute to make grants for model programs to provide to individuals of health disparity populations prevention, early detection, treatment, and appropriate follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and to make grants regarding patient navigators to assist individuals of health disparity populations in receiving such services.

Introduced: February 26, 2003 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 108th Congress ended
It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Feb 26, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2844-2848)
Feb 26, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2843-2844)
Feb 26, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action February 26, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2844-2848)

 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 16, 2004
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 14, 2004
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 22, 2004
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Oct 21, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 453: Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-453/
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