3.0.0 1734 2023-01-12T17:52:44Z 2023-01-12T17:52:44Z Senate S S 2007-06-28 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-28T22:30:07Z Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act of 2007 110 3563 HR 2007-09-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-06-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-06-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8705) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-06-28 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-06-28 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-09-12 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-10-26 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2007-11-13 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-11-14 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-02-12 False Health Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health education Imaging systems in medicine Medical research Medical screening Medical tests Minorities Minority health Prostate cancer Science, Technology, Communications Health 00 2007-06-28 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-13T19:22:14Z Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act or the PRIME Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify research to develop advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment comparable to mammogram technology.

Directs the Secretary: (1) to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to the need for prostate cancer screening and for improved detection technologies; (2) in developing such campaign, to recognize and address the racial disparities in the incidences of prostate cancer and mortality rates; (3) to establish a program to award grants to nonprofit private entities to test alternative outreach and education strategies; (4) to carry out research to develop an improved prostate cancer screening blood test using in-vitro detection; and (5) to certify compliance with this Act within one year.

]]> Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act Display Title Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act Short Titles as Introduced PRIME Act Introduced in Senate 2007-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1734is/xml/BILLS-110s1734is.xml 2007-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.