[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 1844--A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
    provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning under 
    the Medicare Program and to improve the care furnished to 
    individuals diagnosed with cancer by establishing a Medicare 
    hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer 
    palliative care and symptom management programs, provider 
    education, and related research; to the Committee on Energy and 
    Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for 
    a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
    case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
    jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. Boustany), H4396 [1AP]

  Cosponsors added, H4525 [2AP], H4584 [21AP], H4735 [23AP], H4841 
  [27AP], H5097 [4MY], H5169 [5MY], H5406 [11MY], H5792 [19MY], H5892 
  [20MY], H6155 [3JN], H6539 [10JN], H6807 [15JN], H7086 [19JN], H7741 
  [7JY], H8708 [23JY], H8873 [27JY], H9281 [31JY], H9342 [8SE], H11111 
  [7OC], H11713 [22OC], H11868 [27OC], H13386 [1DE], H13550 [7DE], 
  H14743 [10DE], H15503 [16DE]