Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1078
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cancer
Case management
Communication in medicine
Comprehensive health care
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Health planning
Higher education
Home care services
Law
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical research
Medicare
Nurses
Nursing education
Physicians
Psychologists
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning services to provide individuals diagnosed with cancer a plan that details all aspects of the care to be provided. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish standards for such services.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a two-year demonstration project under which Medicare payments will be made for comprehensive cancer care symptom management services furnished by an eligible entity in accordance with a described plan.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to: (1) establish new, or expand existing, palliative care and symptom management programs for cancer patients; (2) improve the quality of graduate and postgraduate training of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers in palliative care and symptom management for such patients; and (3) improve the quality of continuing professional education provided to qualified individuals regarding palliative care and symptom management for cancer patients.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a program of grants for research on palliative care, symptom management, communication skills, and other end-of-life topics for such patients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House