US Congress Senate Bill 994 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-6-2)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-05-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009 or EARLY Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct a national evidence-based education campaign: (1) to increase public awareness regarding the threats posed by breast cancer to young women, including the particular risks faced by certain racial, ethnic and cultural groups; and (2) focusing on awareness of risk factors and achieving early detection through community-centered informational forums, public service advertisements, and media campaigns. Directs the Secretary to award grants to entities to establish national multimedia campaigns that: (1) will encourage young women to be aware of their personal risk factors, strategies and methods for increasing early detection and self awareness, genetic counseling and testing, imaging-based screening methods, evidence based preventative lifestyle changes, and other appropriate breast cancer early detection and risk reduction strategies; (2) will encourage young women of specific higher-risk populations to talk to their medical practitioners about those risks and methods for appropriate screening and surveillance; and (3) may include advertising through specified media. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) establish an advisory committee to assist in creating and conducting the public education campaign; (2) conduct an education campaign to increase awareness among health care professionals; and (3) conduct prevention research. Directs the Secretary to award grants to organizations and institutions to provide to young women diagnosed with breast cancer substantive assistance and health information from credible sources on: (1) education and counseling regarding fertility preservation; (2) social, emotional, psychosocial, financial, lifestyle, and caregiver support; (3) familial risk factors; and (4) risk reduction strategies to reduce recurrence or metastasis.

Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009

Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Evan Bayh [D-IN]	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. Edward Kaufman [D-DE]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. George LeMieux [R-FL]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Mel Martinez [R-FL]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Benjamin Nelson [D-NE]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. George Voinovich [R-OH]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-07		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/994/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s994/BILLS-111s994is.pdf