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HRES 487 114th Congress House

Recognizing the importance of cancer program accreditation in ensuring comprehensive, high quality, patient-centered cancer care.

Introduced: October 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
Health CancerHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth programs administration and funding
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Oct 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 22, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 22, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 23, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes the importance of accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer to ensure patient access to high quality, comprehensive cancer care.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Poliquin, Bruce
· Feb 29, 2016
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 22, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 487: Recognizing the importance of cancer program accreditation in ensuring comprehensive, high quality, patient-centered cancer care.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-487/
MLA
"H. Res. 487: Recognizing the importance of cancer program accreditation in ensuring comprehensive, high quality, patient-centered cancer care.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-487/.
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H. Res. 487, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-487/.
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