[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1245 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]
In the Senate of the United States,
December 8, 2006.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
1245) entitled ``An Act to provide for programs to increase the
awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect
to gynecologic cancers.'', do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gynecologic Cancer Education and
Awareness Act of 2005'' or ``Johanna's Law''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
Section 317P of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-17)
is amended--
(1) in the section heading by adding ``(johanna's law)'' at
the end; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Johanna's Law.--
``(1) National public awareness campaign.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a
national campaign to increase the awareness and
knowledge of health care providers and women with
respect to gynecologic cancers.
``(B) Written materials.--Activities under the
national campaign under subparagraph (A) shall
include--
``(i) maintaining a supply of written
materials that provide information to the
public on gynecologic cancers; and
``(ii) distributing the materials to
members of the public upon request.
``(C) Public service announcements.--Activities
under the national campaign under subparagraph (A)
shall, in accordance with applicable law and
regulations, include developing and placing, in
telecommunications media, public service announcements
intended to encourage women to discuss with their
physicians their risks of gynecologic cancers. Such
announcements shall inform the public on the manner in
which the written materials referred to in subparagraph
(B) can be obtained upon request, and shall call
attention to early warning signs and risk factors based
on the best available medical information.
``(2) Report and strategy.--
``(A) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall submit to the Congress a report including the
following:
``(i) A description of the past and present
activities of the Department of Health and
Human Services to increase awareness and
knowledge of the public with respect to
different types of cancer, including
gynecologic cancers.
``(ii) A description of the past and
present activities of the Department of Health
and Human Services to increase awareness and
knowledge of health care providers with respect
to different types of cancer, including
gynecologic cancers.
``(iii) For each activity described
pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii), a description
of the following:
``(I) The funding for such activity
for fiscal year 2006 and the cumulative
funding for such activity for previous
fiscal years.
``(II) The background and history
of such activity, including--
``(aa) the goals of such
activity;
``(bb) the communications
objectives of such activity;
``(cc) the identity of each
agency within the Department of
Health and Human Services
responsible for any aspect of
the activity; and
``(dd) how such activity is
or was expected to result in
change.
``(III) How long the activity
lasted or is expected to last.
``(IV) The outcomes observed and
the evaluation methods, if any, that
have been, are being, or will be used
with respect to such activity.
``(V) For each such outcome or
evaluation method, a description of the
associated results, analyses, and
conclusions.
``(B) Strategy.--
``(i) Development; submission to
congress.--Not later than 3 months after
submitting the report required by subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall develop and submit to
the Congress a strategy for improving efforts
to increase awareness and knowledge of the
public and health care providers with respect
to different types of cancer, including
gynecological cancers.
``(ii) Consultation.--In developing the
strategy under clause (i), the Secretary should
consult with qualified private sector groups,
including nonprofit organizations.
``(3) Full compliance.--
``(A) in general.--Not later than March 1, 2008,
the Secretary shall ensure that all provisions of this
section, including activities directed to be carried
out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Food and Drug Administration, are fully
implemented and being complied with. Not later than
April 30, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
a report that certifies compliance with the preceding
sentence and that contains a description of all
activities undertaken to achieve such compliance.
``(B) If the Secretary fails to submit the
certification as provided for under subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall, not later than 3 months after the
date on which the report is to be submitted under
subparagraph (A), and every 3 months thereafter, submit
to Congress an explanation as to why the Secretary has
not yet complied with the first sentence of
subparagraph (A), a detailed description of all actions
undertaken within the month for which the report is
being submitted to bring the Secretary into compliance
with such sentence, and the anticipated date the
Secretary expects to be in full compliance with such
sentence.
``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of
carrying out this subsection, there is authorized to be
appropriated $16,500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007
through 2009.''.
Attest:
Secretary.
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1245
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