[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1317 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1317

To amend the Public Health Service Act to require that certain entities 
  provide information concerning breast and cervical cancer, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 29 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Durenberger, and 
   Mr. Dodd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require that certain entities 
  provide information concerning breast and cervical cancer, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Breast and Cervical Cancer 
Information Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER INFORMATION.

    Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aaa et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2715. BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER INFORMATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Each of the entities referred to in subsection 
(b) shall make available, to such individuals as the entities determine 
appropriate, information (in a culturally competent manner) concerning 
breast and cervical cancer, including if appropriate, information on 
the need for breast self-examinations and the skills for such self-
examinations, and shall refer such clients as the entities determine 
appropriate for breast and cervical cancer screening, treatment or 
other services.
    ``(b) Entities.--The entities referred to in subsection (a) are--
            ``(1) a migrant health center receiving assistance under 
        section 329;
            ``(2) a community health center receiving assistance under 
        section 330;
            ``(3) an entity receiving assistance under section 340;
            ``(4) an alcohol or drug treatment entity or mental health 
        entity receiving assistance under title V or title XIX;
            ``(5) a family planning project described in section 1001;
            ``(6) an entity receiving assistance under title XXVI;
            ``(7) a clinic that treats sexually transmitted diseases 
        and is authorized under section 318;
            ``(8) an entity receiving funds to provide primary health 
        services to residents of public housing under section 340A;
            ``(9) a non-Federal entity authorized under the Indian 
        Self-Determination Act; and
            ``(10) a tuberculosis clinic receiving assistance under 
        section 317(j)(2) or 317(k)(2).''.

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