US Congress House Bill 2159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-8)
Status: Introduced on June 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prostate Research, Outreach, Screening, Testing, Access, and Treatment Effectiveness Act of 2011 or the PROSTATE Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Interagency Prostate Cancer Coordination and Education Task Force, with duties to include: (1) developing a summary of advances in federal prostate cancer research and compile a list of best practices that warrant broader adoption in health care programs; (2) considering establishing guidance to enable physicians to allow screening of men over age 74; (3) coordinating information on federal research and health care program activities relating to prostate cancer; and (4) submitting recommendations regarding federal research and health care programs. Directs the Secretary to establish and carry out a program to coordinate and intensify prostate cancer research, including by developing advances in diagnostic and prognostic methods and tests, better understanding the etiology of the disease, and establishing clinical registries for prostate cancer and awarding research grants. Establishes in the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a Prostate Cancer Scientific Advisory Board to be responsible for accelerating real-time sharing of the latest research data and accelerating movement of new medicines to patients. Directs the Secretary of VA, the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish four-year telehealth pilot projects to analyze the clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness associated with telehealth services in a variety of geographic areas that contain high proportions of medically underserved populations and those in rural areas. Requires the Secretary of VA to develop a national education campaign for prostate cancer.

PROSTATE Act

Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-06-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-14	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-06-14	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2011-06-14	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-06-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, 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.
2011-06-14	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1082)

SB1190 (Same As) 2011-06-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB2474 (Related) 2012-04-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2159/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2159/BILLS-112hr2159ih.pdf