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HR 1927 111th Congress House Health Cancer Comprehensive health care Health programs administration and funding Medical research Medicare Nursing Research administration and funding

Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2009

Introduced: April 2, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 21, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 2, 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 2, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research with respect to: (1) improving the treatment and management of symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatment; and (2) evaluating the role of nursing interventions in the amelioration of such symptoms and side effects.

Requires the NIH Director to make nursing intervention research grants for studying cancer symptom management care and services delivered by registered nurses.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement under which the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences shall evaluate and report to the Secretary and Congress on the current state of symptom management, patient treatment education, and supportive care given to people with cancer.

What's happening now April 21, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Republican 1