3.0.0 2790 2019-11-15T21:57:51Z 2019-11-15T21:57:51Z Senate S S 2008-03-31 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-31T21:44:48Z Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2007 110 1078 HR 2007-03-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2008-03-31 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2234-2236) IntroReferral 2008-03-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2234) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-05-07 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-05-12 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-05-15 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-05-19 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-06-24 False Health Administrative procedure Cancer Case management Communication in medicine Comprehensive health care Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Educational accountability Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Graduate education Health planning Higher education Home care services Law Medical education Medical fees Medical research Medicare Nurses Nursing education Physicians Psychologists Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Standards Terminal care Health 00 2008-03-31 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-16T17:08:30Z Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning services to provide individuals diagnosed with cancer a plan that details all aspects of the care to be provided. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish standards for such services.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a two-year demonstration project under which Medicare payments will be made for comprehensive cancer care symptom management services furnished by an eligible entity in accordance with a described plan.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to: (1) establish new, or expand existing, palliative care and symptom management programs for cancer patients; (2) improve the quality of graduate and postgraduate training of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers in palliative care and symptom management for such patients; and (3) improve the quality of continuing professional education provided to qualified individuals regarding palliative care and symptom management for cancer patients.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a program of grants for research on palliative care, symptom management, communication skills, and other end-of-life topics for such patients.

]]> Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning under the Medicare program and to improve the care furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, provider education, and related research. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2790is/xml/BILLS-110s2790is.xml 2008-03-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2234-2236) 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.