prostate cancer research as needed. Specifically, such re-
search program shall— 
(1) develop advances in diagnostic and prog-
nostic methods and tests, including biomarkers and 
an improved prostate cancer screening blood test, in-
cluding improvements or alternatives to the prostate 
specific antigen test and additional tests to distin-
guish indolent from aggressive disease; 
(2) better understand the etiology of the disease 
(including an analysis of life style factors proven to 
be involved in higher rates of prostate cancer, such 
as obesity and diet, and in different ethnic, racial, 
and socioeconomic groups, such as the African- 
American, Latin-American, and American Indian 
populations and men with a family history of pros-
tate cancer) to improve prevention efforts; 
(3) expand basic research into prostate cancer, 
including studies of fundamental molecular and cel-
lular mechanisms; 
(4) identify and provide clinical testing of novel 
agents for the prevention and treatment of prostate 
cancer; 
(5) establish clinical registries for prostate can-
cer; and 
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(6) use the National Institute of Biomedical 
Imaging and Bioengineering and the National Can-
cer Institute for assessment of appropriate imaging 
modalities. 
(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 
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 
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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 Affairs 
shall establish four-year telehealth pilot projects for the 
purpose of analyzing the clinical outcomes and cost effec-
tiveness associated with telehealth services in a variety of 
geographic areas that contain high proportions of medi-
cally underserved populations, including African-Ameri-
cans, Latin-Americans, American Indians, and those in 
rural areas. Such projects shall promote efficient use of 
specialist care through better coordination of primary care 
and physician extender teams in underserved areas and 
more effectively employ tumor boards to better counsel pa-
tients. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select el-
igible entities to participate in the pilot projects 
under this section. 
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(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible entities to 
participate in the pilot projects under this section, 
the Secretary 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 Secretary 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-
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 
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(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 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the 
outcomes of such pilot projects, including any cost savings 
and efficiencies realized, and providing recommendations, 
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. 
(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 
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