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HR 1844 111th Congress House Health Cancer Comprehensive health care Education programs funding Health programs administration and funding Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medical education Medical research Medicare Nursing Research administration and funding

Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009

Introduced: April 1, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 1, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 1, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Apr 1, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Apr 1, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a two-year demonstration project for Medicare payment for comprehensive cancer care symptom management services furnished by an eligible entity in accordance with a described plan.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities for establishing a new, or expanding an existing, palliative care and symptom management program for cancer patients.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to improve the quality of graduate and postgraduate training of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, as well as continuing professional education, in palliative care and symptom management for such patients.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a program of grants for research on palliative care, symptom management, communication skills, and other end-of-life topics for such patients.

What's happening now April 2, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 15 Republican 2