(6) use the National Institute of Biomedical 
Imaging and Bioengineering and the National Can-
cer Institute for assessment of appropriate imaging 
modalities; and 
(7) address such other matters relating to pros-
tate cancer research as may be identified by the 
Federal agencies participating in the program under 
this section. 
(b) PROSTATE CANCER ADVISORY BOARD.—There is 
established in the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Food 
and Drug Administration a Prostate Cancer Scientific Ad-
visory Board. Such board shall be responsible for accel-
erating real-time sharing of the latest research data and 
accelerating movement of new medicines to patients. 
(c) UNDERSERVED MINORITY GRANT PROGRAM.—In 
carrying out such program, the Secretary shall— 
(1) award grants to eligible entities to carry out 
components of the research outlined in subsection 
(a); 
(2) integrate and build upon existing knowledge 
gained from comparative effectiveness research; and 
(3) recognize and address— 
(A) the racial and ethnic disparities in the 
incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer 
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and men with a family history of prostate can-
cer; 
(B) any barriers in access to care and par-
ticipation in clinical trials that are specific to 
racial, ethnic, and other underserved minorities 
and men with a family history of prostate can-
cer; 
(C) needed outreach and educational ef-
forts to raise awareness in these communities; 
and 
(D) appropriate access and utilization of 
imaging modalities. 
SEC. 5. TELEHEALTH AND RURAL ACCESS PILOT PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Secretaries’’) shall establish 4-year telehealth pilot 
projects for the purpose of analyzing the clinical outcomes 
and cost effectiveness associated with telehealth services 
in a variety of geographic areas that contain high propor-
tions of medically underserved populations, including Afri-
can-Americans, Latin-Americans, American Indians, and 
those in rural areas. Such projects shall promote efficient 
use of specialist care through better coordination of pri-
mary care and physician extender teams in underserved 
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areas and more effectively employ tumor boards to better 
counsel patients. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall select 
eligible entities to participate in the pilot projects 
under this section. 
(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible entities to 
participate in the pilot projects under this section, 
the Secretaries shall give priority to such entities lo-
cated in medically underserved areas, particularly 
those that include African-Americans, Latin-Ameri-
cans, and facilities of the Indian Health Service, and 
those in rural areas. 
(c) EVALUATION.—The Secretaries shall, through the 
pilot projects, evaluate— 
(1) the effective and economic delivery of care 
in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer with the 
use of telehealth services in medically underserved 
and tribal areas including collaborative uses of 
health professionals and integration of the range of 
telehealth and other technologies; 
(2) the effectiveness of improving the capacity 
of nonmedical providers and nonspecialized medical 
providers to provide health services for prostate can-
cer in medically underserved and tribal areas, in-
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cluding the exploration of innovative medical home 
models with collaboration between urologists, other 
relevant medical specialists, including oncologists, 
radiologists, and primary care teams and coordina-
tion of care through the efficient use of primary care 
teams and physician extenders; and 
(3) the effectiveness of using telehealth services 
to provide prostate cancer treatment in medically 
underserved areas, including the use of tumor 
boards to facilitate better patient counseling. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the 
completion of the pilot projects under this subsection, the 
Secretaries shall submit to Congress a report describing 
the outcomes of such pilot projects, including any cost sav-
ings and efficiencies realized, and providing recommenda-
tions, if any, for expanding the use of telehealth services. 
SEC. 6. EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall develop a national education campaign for prostate 
cancer. Such campaign shall involve the use of written 
educational materials and public service announcements 
consistent with the findings of the Prostate Cancer Task 
Force under section 3, that are intended to encourage men 
to seek prostate cancer screening when appropriate. 
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(b) RACIAL DISPARITIES AND THE POPULATION OF 
MEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER.— 
In developing the national campaign under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall ensure that such educational materials 
and public service announcements are more readily avail-
able in communities experiencing racial disparities in the 
incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer and by 
men of any race classification with a family history of 
prostate cancer. 
(c) GRANTS.—In carrying out the national campaign 
under this section, the Secretary shall award grants to 
nonprofit private entities to enable such entities to test 
alternative outreach and education strategies. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act for the period of fiscal years 
2012 through 2016 an amount equal to the savings de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) CORRESPONDING REDUCTION.—The amount au-
thorized to be appropriated by provisions of law other than 
this Act for the period of fiscal years 2012 through 2016 
for Federal research and health care program activities 
related to prostate cancer is reduced by the amount of 
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Federal savings projected to be achieved over such period 
by implementation of section 3(b)(3) of this Act. 
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