S 1172 109th Congress Senate

Johanna's Law

Official title: A bill to provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.

Introduced: June 6, 2005 See on congress.gov

Health Breast cancerCancerCervical cancerCongress

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Congressional reporting requirementsEconomics and Public FinanceFederal aid to health facilitiesGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment publicationsGovernment publicityGynecologyHealth educationNonprofit organizationsOvarian cancerPublic service advertisingSocial WelfareWomenWomen's health

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Jun 6, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6110)

Jun 6, 2005

Introduced in Senate

Jun 6, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6109)

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Latest action June 6, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6110)

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005 or Johanna's Law - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national campaign to increase the awareness and knowledge of women with respect to gynecologic cancers, which shall include: (1) maintaining a supply of written materials to provide information to the public on gynecologic cancers; and (2) developing and placing public service announcements to encourage women to discuss their risks of gynecologic cancers with their physicians.

Requires the Secretary to award grants to nonprofit private entities to test different outreach and education strategies for increasing such awareness among women and health professionals.

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