[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1245 Received in Senate (RDS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1245


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2006

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of 
  women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.

    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 ``Gynecologic Cancer Education and 
Awareness Act of 2005'' or ``Johanna's Law''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this Act as 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 subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) maintaining a supply of written materials that provide 
        information to the public on gynecologic cancers; and
            (2) distributing the materials to members of the public 
        upon request.
    (c) Public Service Announcements.--Activities under the national 
campaign under subsection (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 subsection (b) can be obtained upon 
request, and shall call attention to early warning signs and risk 
factors based on the best available medical information.

SEC. 3. REPORT AND STRATEGY.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
report including the following:
            (1) 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.
            (2) 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.
            (3) For each activity described pursuant to paragraph (1) 
        or (2), a description of the following:
                    (A) The funding for such activity for fiscal year 
                2006 and the cumulative funding for such activity for 
                previous fiscal years.
                    (B) The background and history of such activity, 
                including--
                            (i) the goals of such activity;
                            (ii) the communications objectives of such 
                        activity;
                            (iii) the identity of each agency within 
                        the Department of Health and Human Services 
                        responsible for any aspect of the activity; and
                            (iv) how such activity is or was expected 
                        to result in change.
                    (C) How long the activity lasted or is expected to 
                last.
                    (D) The outcomes observed and the evaluation 
                methods, if any, that have been, are being, or will be 
                used with respect to such activity.
                    (E) For each such outcome or evaluation method, a 
                description of the associated results, analyses, and 
                conclusions.
    (b) Strategy.--
            (1) Development; submission to congress.--Not later than 3 
        months after submitting the report required by subsection (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.
            (2) Consultation.--In developing the strategy under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary should consult with qualified 
        private sector groups, including nonprofit organizations.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $16,500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2009.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.