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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Patient Navigator Enhancement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to use unobligated amounts from the Provider Relief Fund (a funding mechanism for reimbursing health care providers for expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19) to carry out the Patient Navigator Research Program of the National Cancer Institute.</p>]]></text>
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