Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-918
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2003-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Alaska
Asian American ethnic groups
Cancer
Case management
Chronically ill
Clinical trials
Clinics
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Consumer discounts
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health insurance
Housing and Community Development
Indian medical care
Indigenous peoples
Labor and Employment
Medical fees
Medical records
Medical research
Medical tests
Minorities
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nonprofit organizations
Pacific Islanders
Quality of care
Research centers
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Terminal care
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) the Director of the National Cancer Institute; and (3) the Director of the Indian Health Service to make grants for model programs to provide services for cancer and chronic diseases to individuals of health disparity populations.
Requires that these services: (1) be provided in a culturally competent way; (2) include patient navigators to help with finding services and follow-up care; and (3) include ongoing outreach activities.
Conditions grants on the presence of a fee schedule consistent with prevailing rates and a fee discount schedule which provides fee adjustments based on ability to pay.
Evaluates services according to a peer-reviewed model according to best practices.
Limits the grants to five years.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: 
Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to eligible entities for the development and operation of demonstration programs to provide patient navigator services to improve health care outcomes. Requires the Secretary to coordinate with, and ensure the participation of, the Indian Health Service, the National Cancer Institute, and the Office of Rural Health Policy.
 
Requires that each grantee agree to recruit, assign, train and employ patient navigators who have direct knowledge of the communities they serve to facilitate the care of individuals.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) direct that each application for a grant outline how the eligible entity will establish baseline measures and benchmarks that meet the Secretary's requirements to evaluate program outcomes; (2) establish uniform baseline measures in order to properly evaluate the impact of the demonstration projects; (3) give preference to those entities that demonstrate plans to utilize patient navigator services to overcome significant barriers to improve health care outcomes within their respective communities; and (4) ensure coordination of the grant programs under this Act with existing authorized programs to facilitate access to high-quality health care services.
 
Sets forth reporting requirements.
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8064-8065)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8064-8065)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 918.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8064-8069)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Mr. Barton (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 447.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Committee on Resources discharged.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Committee on Resources discharged.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: House Committee on Resources Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 5, 2004.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 108-727, Part I.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 108-727, Part I.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E308)
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Introduced in House