3.0.0 5585 2021-09-29T17:05:13Z 2021-09-29T17:05:13Z House H HR 2008-03-11 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-03-13T20:39:09Z Referred to 2008-03-11T14:33:45Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-03-11T20:38:42Z Referred to 2008-03-11T14:33:40Z 2008-03-13 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-03-11 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-03-11 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-03-11 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-11 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-03-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 N C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 2008-04-01 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2008-04-15 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2008-05-22 False L000553 Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] STEVEN LATOURETTE R OH C. 14 2008-07-17 False T000462 Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2008-08-01 False P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2008-09-09 False S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2008-09-09 False D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2008-09-09 False M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2008-09-09 False U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2008-09-11 False F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2008-09-11 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2008-09-11 False A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 2008-09-22 False T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2008-09-22 False M001140 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] DENNIS MOORE D KS 3 2008-09-22 False L000111 Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] TOM LATHAM R IA 4 2008-09-22 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-09-22 False A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2008-09-28 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2008-10-02 False S001162 Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] Allyson Schwartz D PA Y. 13 2008-10-02 False S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] Albio Sires D NJ 13 2008-10-03 False Health Cancer Case management Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to research Health education Medical research Medicare Nurses Nursing Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Health 00 2008-03-11 Introduced in House 2008-04-16T17:29:47Z Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, 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.

]]> Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2008 Display Title Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced 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 in House 2008-03-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5585ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5585ih.xml 2008-03-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.