or other individual who is involved in providing pal-
liative care and symptom management services to 
cancer patients. 
‘‘(f) QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall establish a Quality of Life Advisory 
Committee (in this subsection referred to as the ‘ad-
visory committee’) to advise, coordinate, and assist 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 
creating and conducting the cancer quality of life 
and survivorship activities, program enhancements, 
and training initiatives specified in subsections (a) 
through (e). 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall ap-
point to the advisory committee such members as 
the Secretary considers necessary, and shall include 
individuals and representatives of public and private 
organizations with expertise in cancer treatment and 
care; pain, symptom, and stress management; and 
cancer survivorship. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The advisory committee shall 
meet at least once a year and shall— 
‘‘(A) consider and summarize recent ad-
vances achieved in cancer symptom manage-
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ment and survivorship research relevant to the 
goals of this section and identify gaps in basic, 
clinical, behavioral, or other research required 
to achieve further improvements in care to sup-
port quality of life and survivorship; and 
‘‘(B) annually submit to the Secretary a 
report on the findings described in subpara-
graph (A) with recommendations about addi-
tional research needed to improve care for can-
cer patients, survivors, and families that will 
support quality of life and survivorship. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as are necessary.’’. 
SEC. 3. ENHANCING RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF QUALITY 
OF LIFE, AND CANCER SURVIVORSHIP. 
Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 409K. QUALITY CANCER CARE AND CANCER SURVI-
VORSHIP RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In-
stitutes of Health shall, in coordination with recommenda-
tions of the Quality of Life Advisory Committee estab-
lished under section 317U(f), undertake additional cancer 
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quality of life and survivorship research that addresses 
pain, symptom management, side effects and late effects, 
and psychosocial factors to improve cancer clinical com-
munication and care planning, treatment and post-treat-
ment, and follow-up care across the life course. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED RESEARCH.—Research supported 
under this section may include at least the following: 
‘‘(1) Examination of evidence-based practices 
relating to cancer care, survivorship, and follow-up 
care including comparing community-based public 
health interventions. 
‘‘(2) Analysis of the translation of cancer inter-
ventions from academic settings to real world set-
tings. 
‘‘(3) Lifestyle, behavioral, and other research 
on the impact of cancer treatment and survivorship. 
‘‘(4) Formative research to assist with the de-
velopment of educational messages and information, 
for dissemination to targeted populations such as 
children, adolescents, racial and ethnic minority 
groups, and other medically underserved groups, on 
the residual effects of cancer treatment. 
‘‘(5) Health disparities in cancer survivorship 
outcomes within minority or other medically under-
served populations. 
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‘‘(6) Intervention research to prevent or treat 
the post-treatment effects of cancer treatment. 
‘‘(7) Identification of the unique needs of pa-
tients who are diagnosed with rare or deadly cancers 
or cancers that have not been well studied. 
‘‘(8) Development of a consistent, standardized 
model of service delivery for cancer-related follow-up 
care across cancer centers and community oncology 
practices. 
‘‘(9) Development, testing, and communication 
of messages for patients, survivors, and health pro-
fessionals that will improve understanding, demand 
for, and delivery of care to relieve pain, symptoms, 
stress, and other quality of life factors associated 
with serious illnesses such as cancer. 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.—Such funds as necessary to accom-
plish the requirements of subsection (a) shall be available 
from funds reserved under section 402A(c)(1) for the 
Common Fund or otherwise available for such initia-
tives.’’. 
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