Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2008
Latest action · Mar 13, 2008 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.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research with respect to: (1) improving the treatment and management of symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatment; and (2) evaluating the role of nursing interventions in the amelioration of such symptoms and side effects.
Requires the NIH Director to make nursing intervention research grants for studying cancer symptom management care and services delivered by registered nurses.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement under which the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences shall evaluate and report to the Secretary and Congress on the current state of symptom management, patient treatment education, and supportive care given to people with cancer.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2008 to Oct 3, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 15, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 22, 2008 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Jul 17, 2008 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Aug 1, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Sep 11, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Sep 11, 2008 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 11, 2008 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Sep 22, 2008 |
Committees 2
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 Mar 11, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 11, 2008 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 13, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 11, 2008Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2008Referred 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.
- Mar 11, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-207 | BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE COMPENSATION46 pages | Judiciary Committee | Sep 16, 2008 |
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 comprehensive cancer patient treatment education under the Medicare Program and to provide for research to improve cancer symptom management.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2008Introduced in House
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