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HR 1661 113th Congress House

Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2013

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education under the Medicare program and to provide for research to improve cancer symptom management.

Introduced: April 25, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Health programs administration and fundingLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical researchMedicareNursingResearch administration and funding
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Jun 3, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 19, 2013
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 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 19, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 3, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage to comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services, including a one-hour patient treatment education session delivered, in advance of treatment, by a registered nurse to an individual diagnosed with cancer (or whose course of treatment has been materially modified).

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate research programs to: (1) improve the treatment and management of symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatment, and (2) evaluate the role of nursing interventions in the amelioration of such symptoms and side effects.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 12
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jan 14, 2014
MCCARTHY, CAROLYN
· Dec 16, 2013
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 16, 2013
Edwards, Donna
· Nov 13, 2013
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Oct 30, 2013
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Oct 30, 2013
CLAY, WM.
· Oct 24, 2013
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Sep 11, 2013
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 31, 2013
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 11, 2013
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 28, 2013
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 28, 2013
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Jun 28, 2013
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Jun 25, 2013
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Jun 4, 2013
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 3, 2013
CAPPS, LOIS
· May 9, 2013
LATHAM, TOM
· Apr 26, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 26, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· Apr 25, 2013
Loebsack, David
· Apr 25, 2013
MCINTYRE, MIKE
· Apr 25, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 25, 2013
TIBERI, PATRICK
· Apr 19, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1661: Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1661/
MLA
"H.R. 1661: Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1661/.
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H.R. 1661, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1661/.
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