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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1243

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 27, 2000

Referred to the Committee on Commerce

AN ACT

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend

the prostate cancer preventive health program.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prostate Cancer Re5 search and Prevention Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

2 ACT.

3 (a) PREVENTIVE HEALTH MEASURES.—Section

4 317D of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–

5 5) is amended—

6 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the

7 following:

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through

9 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre10 vention, may make grants to States and local health de11 partments for the purpose of enabling such States and de12 partments to carry out programs that may include the fol13 lowing:

14 ‘‘(1) To identify factors that influence the atti15 tudes or levels of awareness of men and health care

16 practitioners regarding screening for prostate can17 cer.

18 ‘‘(2) To evaluate, in consultation with the Agen19 cy for Health Care Policy and Research and the Na20 tional Institutes of Health, the effectiveness of

21 screening strategies for prostate cancer.

22 ‘‘(3) To identify, in consultation with the Agen23 cy for Health Care Policy and Research, issues re24 lated to the quality of life for men after prostrate

25 cancer screening and followup.
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1 ‘‘(4) To develop and disseminate public infor2 mation and education programs for prostate cancer,

3 including appropriate messages about the risks and

4 benefits of prostate cancer screening for the general

5 public, health care providers, policy makers and

6 other appropriate individuals.

7 ‘‘(5) To improve surveillance for prostate can8 cer.

9 ‘‘(6) To address the needs of underserved and

10 minority populations regarding prostate cancer.

11 ‘‘(7) Upon a determination by the Secretary,

12 who shall take into consideration recommendations

13 by the United States Preventive Services Task Force

14 and shall seek input, where appropriate, from pro15 fessional societies and other private and public enti16 ties, that there is sufficient consensus on the effec17 tiveness of prostate cancer screening—

18 ‘‘(A) to screen men for prostate cancer as

19 a preventive health measure;

20 ‘‘(B) to provide appropriate referrals for

21 the medical treatment of men who have been

22 screened under subparagraph (A) and to en23 sure, to the extent practicable, the provision of

24 appropriate followup services and support serv25 ices such as case management;
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1 ‘‘(C) to establish mechanisms through

2 which State and local health departments can

3 monitor the quality of screening procedures for

4 prostate cancer, including the interpretation of

5 such procedures; and

6 ‘‘(D) to improve, in consultation with the

7 Health Resources and Services Administration,

8 the education, training, and skills of health

9 practitioners (including appropriate allied

10 health professionals) in the detection and con11 trol of prostate cancer.

12 ‘‘(8) To evaluate activities conducted under

13 paragraphs (1) through (7) through appropriate sur14 veillance or program monitoring activities.’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (l)(1), by striking ‘‘1998’’ and

16 inserting ‘‘2004’’.

17 (b) NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.—Section

18 417B(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

19 286a–8(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 1996’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘through 2004’’.

Passed the Senate November 19, 1999.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.