3.0.0 2741 2023-01-15T05:47:37Z 2023-01-15T05:47:37Z House H HR 2003-07-15 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2003-08-13T14:25:39Z Referred to 2003-07-15T04:02:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-08-08T14:22:48Z Referred to 2003-07-15T04:02:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2003-07-15T04:02:25Z 2003-08-13 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Committee 2003-08-08 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-07-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-07-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-07-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-07-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 N M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2003-07-15 True M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2003-07-15 True F000392 Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] MARTIN FROST D TX 24 2003-07-15 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2003-07-15 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2004-10-07 False Health Armed Forces and National Security Breast cancer Cancer Case management Cervical cancer Chemotherapy Chronically ill Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinical trials Colon cancer Community health services Department of Health and Human Services Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug approvals Drug therapy Economics and Public Finance Education Employee health benefits Environmental Protection Environmental health Environmentally induced diseases Executive reorganization Families Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Genetic counseling Genetics Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government paperwork Health counseling Health education Health information systems Health insurance Health planning Higher education Housing and Community Development Indian medical care Medicaid Medical education Medical fees Medical personnel Medical records Medical research Medical screening Medical tests Medically uninsured Medicare Military medicine Minorities Nurses Pain Patients' rights Peace Corps Pharmaceutical research Pharmacists Physicians Poor children Preventive medicine Prostate cancer Public health personnel Quality of care Research centers Research grants Rural health Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Smoking Social Welfare Strategic planning Student loan funds Terminal care Women Women's health Health 00 2003-07-15 Introduced in House 2003-07-29T20:32:21Z National Cancer Act of 2003 - Provides for a comprehensive Federal effort relating to treatments for and the prevention of cancer.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to fund prevention, detection, and treatment programs of the National Cancer Institute, including translational cancer research (research needed to transform scientific discoveries into approaches and products to treat and cure cancer). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a research grant program to fund projects that seek to develop cancer treatments that target cancer cells.

Addresses issues of cancer care, including: (1) clinical trial participation; (2) workforce needs; (3) cancer survivorship; (4) cancer care guidelines; (5) the supply of researchers; (6) a colorectal cancer screening demonstration program; and (7) an Institute of Medicine study on whether to provide medical coverage under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to certain cancer patients.

Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to submit to Congress a plan outlining steps to accelerate the process for reviewing and approving new cancer drugs and treatments.

Requires health insurance plans covered by the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide: (1) coverage for clinical trials; (2) coverage of cancer screening, including tobacco and nutrition counseling and genetic testing; and (3) patient access to benefit information.

Addresses issues of managing physicians and quality of care for cancer patients covered by such plans, including designating a lead managing physician.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants for: (1) model programs to provide services for cancer and chronic diseases to individuals of health disparity populations; and (2) patient navigators for managing such care of such individuals.]]>

National Cancer Act of 2003 Display Title National Cancer Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To provide for a comprehensive Federal effort relating to early detection of, treatments for, and the prevention of cancer, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced National Cancer Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-07-15T04:00:00Z 2003-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.