S 1734 110th Congress Senate

PRIME Act

Official title: A bill to provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education.

Introduced: November 14, 2007 See on congress.gov

Health Economics and Public FinanceFederal aid to health facilitiesGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment publicity

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Health educationImaging systems in medicineMedical researchMedical screeningMedical testsMinoritiesMinority healthProstate cancerScience, Technology, Communications

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Jun 28, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Jun 28, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8705)

Jun 28, 2007

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action June 28, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act or the PRIME Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify research to develop advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment comparable to mammogram technology.

Directs the Secretary: (1) to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to the need for prostate cancer screening and for improved detection technologies; (2) in developing such campaign, to recognize and address the racial disparities in the incidences of prostate cancer and mortality rates; (3) to establish a program to award grants to nonprofit private entities to test alternative outreach and education strategies; (4) to carry out research to develop an improved prostate cancer screening blood test using in-vitro detection; and (5) to certify compliance with this Act within one year.

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