US Congress House Bill 3790 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services. Expresses the sense of Congress wih respect to continued support by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the area of symptom management and the role of nurses in providing those interventions. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the NIH Director to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research with respect to: (1) improving the treatment and management of symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatment, and (2) evaluating the role of nursing interventions in the amelioration of such symptoms and side effects.

Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2012

Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-01-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-01-18	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2012-01-18	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-01-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

HB3622 (Related) 2011-12-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3790/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3790/BILLS-112hr3790ih.pdf