AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC. for AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC

Tobacco TOB

Issues related to smoking cessation, tobacco taxes, and product regulation and implementation, including H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, and H.R. 1850, the Quit Smoking for Life Act, and related cessation legislation.

Contacted: White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1256 (111th), H.R. 1850 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to health disparities, health care reform, federal health care programs, genetic information, cancer, nutrition, and wellness, including the following legislation: H. R. 756 & S. 660, National Pain Care Policy Act; H. R. 1189, Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection & Treatment Act; S. 717, The 21st Century Cancer Alert Act; proposed Senate national cancer program authorizing legislation; and S. 488, the Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2009, and H.R.1740 and S. 994, Breast Cancer Education &Awareness Requires Learning Young Act ("EARLY"). Issues relating to health care reform in H.R. 3590 The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act and H.R. 4872, the Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the health care reform bills.

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 660 (111th), S. 994 (111th), H.R. 756 (111th), S. 717 (111th), H.R. 1740 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 1189 (111th), S. 488 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal budget and appropriations for cancer research and programs, including federal appropriations for breast and cervical programs, colorectal cancer programs, and patient navigator programs, to be included in legislation as yet un-numbered..

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the tax treatment of non-profits, deductability of non-profit donations, and governance of non-profit organizations, including H.R. 524 and S. 243, the Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act.

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 524 (111th), S. 243 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to health care reform, Medicare and Medicaid, coverage of cancer-related services and prevention measures, including H.R. 2291, the Medicare Early Detection of Cancer Promotion Act. Issues relating to Medicare & Medicaid in H.R. 3590 The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act and H.R. 4872, the Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the health care reform bills. Issues relating to tobacco cessation programs within Medicaid, including S. 717 the 21st Century Cancer ALERT Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: H.R. 2291 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), S. 717 (111th)