US Congress House Bill 2109 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-8)
Status: Introduced on April 27 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Childhood Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to expand and intensify the CDC's cancer control programs, including programs for conducting surveillance activities or supporting state comprehensive cancer control programs. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to coordinate the activities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with respect to cancer survivorship, including child cancer survivorship. Requires the Director of NIH, acting through the Director of the Institute, to make grants for research relating to: (1) childhood cancer survivors within minority populations; and (2) health disparities in cancer survivorship outcomes within minority or other medically underserved populations. Requires the Director of NIH to conduct or support research to evaluate systems of follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors. Directs the Secretary to make grants to establish or improve training programs for health care professionals to: (1) improve the quality of immediate and long-term follow-up care for survivors of childhood cancers and their families; and (2) ensure that such care is linguistically and culturally competent. Requires the Director of NIH to make grants to establish pilot programs to develop, study, or evaluate model systems for monitoring and caring for childhood cancer survivors. Requires the Secretary to make grants to: (1) establish and operate a clinic for comprehensive long-term follow-up services for childhood cancer survivors; and (2) improve physical and psychosocial care for childhood cancer survivors.

Childhood Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2009

Rep. John Adler [D-NJ]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]
Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. John Spratt [D-SC]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-28		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-04-27		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2109/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2109/BILLS-111hr2109ih.pdf