3.0.0 1773 2023-01-11T13:17:44Z 2023-01-11T13:17:44Z Senate S S 2009-10-13 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-10-13T18:43:15Z Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009 111 1844 HR 2009-04-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2009-10-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10364-10366) IntroReferral 2009-10-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10363-10364) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-10-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N Health Cancer Comprehensive health care Education programs funding Health programs administration and funding Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medical education Medical research Medicare Nursing Research administration and funding Health 00 2009-10-13 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-18T19:18:05Z Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a two-year demonstration project for Medicare payment 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 for establishing a new, or expanding an existing, palliative care and symptom management program for cancer patients.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to improve the quality of graduate and postgraduate training of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, as well as continuing professional education, in palliative care and symptom management for such 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 2009 Display Title Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009 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 grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, provider education, and related research. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1773is/xml/BILLS-111s1773is.xml 2009-10-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10364-10366) 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.