3.0.0 3345 2020-02-10T17:06:00Z 2020-02-10T17:06:00Z Senate S S 2012-06-27 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-06-27T19:49:22Z Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act 112 6033 HR 2012-06-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2012-06-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-06-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4676) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2012-06-27 True Health Advisory bodies Cancer Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Minority health Research administration and funding Health 00 2012-06-27 Introduced in Senate 2012-08-14T20:23:18Z Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish an advisory council on prostate cancer to draft a plan for the development and validation of an accurate test or tests to detect and diagnose prostate cancer. Terminates the advisory council on December 31, 2016.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate and intensify research in accordance with the plan developed under this Act, with particular attention provided to leveraging existing research to develop and validate a test or tests, such as biomarkers or imaging, to detect and accurately diagnose prostate cancer.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out a national campaign to increase the awareness and knowledge of prostate cancer, and (2) award grants to nonprofit private entities to test alternative outreach and education strategies to increase the awareness and knowledge of Americans with respect to prostate cancer.

]]> Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act Short Titles as Introduced Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act Display Title Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for research and education to improve screening, detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer. Introduced in Senate 2012-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3345is/xml/BILLS-112s3345is.xml 2012-06-27 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.