Cancer Testing, Education, Screening, and Treatment Act
Latest action · Feb 14, 2007 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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cancer Testing, Education, Screening, and Treatment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to qualifying health centers and nonprofit organizations to develop, expand, or operate programs to provide: (1) information and education on cancer prevention; (2) screenings for cancer; (3) counseling on cancer, including counseling upon a diagnosis of cancer; and (4) treatment for cancer. Requires the Secretary to give preference to applicants that: (1) have service populations that include a significant number of low-income minority individuals who are at-risk for cancer; (2) will emphasize early detection of and comprehensive treatment for cancer; (3) will provide comprehensive treatment services for cancer in its earliest stages; (4) will provide such early detection and treatment for two or more types of cancer; and (5) have established or will establish referral arrangements with entities that provide screenings for low-income individuals.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2007 to Sep 26, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 11, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Jul 30, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 26, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 14, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3766 | Maxine Waters D-CA | Apr 23, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cancer Testing, Education, Screening, and Treatment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cancer
- Clinics
- Communication in medicine
- Community health services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Homeless
- Language and languages
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Nonprofit organizations
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
