US Congress Senate Bill 3345 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on June 27 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish an advisory council on prostate cancer to draft a plan for the development and validation of an accurate test or tests to detect and diagnose prostate cancer. Terminates the advisory council on December 31, 2016. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate and intensify research in accordance with the plan developed under this Act, with particular attention provided to leveraging existing research to develop and validate a test or tests, such as biomarkers or imaging, to detect and accurately diagnose prostate cancer. Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out a national campaign to increase the awareness and knowledge of prostate cancer, and (2) award grants to nonprofit private entities to test alternative outreach and education strategies to increase the awareness and knowledge of Americans with respect to prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]

Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2012-06-27	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4676)

HB6033 (Same As) 2012-06-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3345/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3345/BILLS-112s3345is.pdf