HR 5465 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2006

Introduced May 24, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Lois Capps D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 23, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 24, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a two-year demonstration project for Medicare payment for comprehensive cancer care symptom management services furnished by an eligible entity in accordance with a described plan.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities for establishing a new, or expanding an existing, palliative care and symptom management program for cancer patients.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to improve the quality of graduate and postgraduate training of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, as well as continuing professional education, in palliative care and symptom management for such patients.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a program of grants for research on palliative care, symptom management, communication skills, and other end-of-life topics for such patients.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2006 to Nov 15, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-VATom DavisOriginalMay 24, 2006
D-NJDonald M. PayneJun 6, 2006
D-NYMichael R. McNultyJun 6, 2006
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonJun 6, 2006
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 15, 2006
D-CALynn C. WoolseyJun 15, 2006
D-MARichard E. NealJun 15, 2006
D-TNBart GordonJul 10, 2006
D-NCBob EtheridgeJul 10, 2006
D-NYBrian HigginsJul 10, 2006
R-VAJo Ann DavisJul 10, 2006
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizJul 10, 2006
R-LACharles W. Boustany, Jr.Jul 17, 2006
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyJul 17, 2006
D-FLRobert WexlerJul 17, 2006
D-WITammy BaldwinJul 17, 2006
R-PACurt WeldonJul 18, 2006
D-CAHoward L. BermanJul 18, 2006
D-NJSteven R. RothmanJul 18, 2006
D-NYMajor R. OwensJul 24, 2006
D-VAJames P. MoranJul 25, 2006
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickJul 25, 2006
D-PARobert A. BradyJul 28, 2006
R-LABobby JindalSep 6, 2006
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaSep 6, 2006
D-VARick BoucherSep 6, 2006
D-AZEd PastorSep 7, 2006
R-AZJ. D. HayworthSep 13, 2006
D-WAJim McDermottSep 26, 2006
D-TXLloyd DoggettSep 26, 2006
R-NJJim SaxtonSep 27, 2006
R-NJChristopher H. SmithSep 28, 2006
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonSep 28, 2006
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldNov 13, 2006
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayNov 13, 2006
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoNov 15, 2006

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred May 24, 2006
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jun 23, 2006
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 24, 2006

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. May 24, 2006Introduced in House
  3. May 24, 2006Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 109-83MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT OF118 pagesWays and Means CommitteeJul 13, 2006

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.
Short Titles as Introduced
Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2006

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 24, 2006Introduced in House

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