3.0.0 1899 2023-01-15T09:03:29Z 2023-01-15T09:03:29Z Senate S S 2003-11-20 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-11-20T19:41:21Z 2003-11-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-11-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15289) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2003-11-20 True Health Access to health care Breast cancer Cancer Cervical cancer Clinical trials Colon cancer Communication in medicine Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Drug approvals Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Families Family services Federal aid to health facilities Genetics Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health education Health information systems Health surveys Higher education Lifestyle Medical education Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medically uninsured National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ovarian cancer Pain Pharmaceutical research Preventive medicine Prostate cancer Quality of care Quality of life Research centers Science, Technology, Communications Women Women's health Health 00 2003-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-27T15:45:21Z National Cancer Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop an information-sharing plan for State cancer registries.

Modifies provisions concerning preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers to permit priority to be given to certain projects involving: (1) colorectal cancer screening and outreach; and (2) treating uninsured women diagnosed with cancer during such screening.

Authorizes specified waivers of the direct services requirement for breast and cervical cancer screening grants.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to educate cancer patients and their families about medical techniques to reduce and prevent pain, survivorship care and support programs, and related community resources.

Requires a national cancer research center to have a practitioner education program that includes pain and symptom management and survivorship care.

Amends various provisions of the Act to emphasize the importance of pain and symptom management throughout the nation's cancer programs.

Establishes within the National Cancer Institute (the NCI) an Office on Cancer Survivorship.

Authorizes the Director of NCI to co-fund grant projects for various cancer programs.

Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to: (1) cancer survivorship; and (2) institutional review board procedures.

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