Patient Navigator Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-s-4790
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-09-06
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Patient Navigator Enhancement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to use unobligated amounts from the Provider Relief Fund (a funding mechanism for reimbursing health care providers for expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19) to carry out the Patient Navigator Research Program of the National Cancer Institute.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4790 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 6, 2022 Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To increase funding for the Patient Navigator Research Program of the National Cancer Institute.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Navigator Enhancement Act . 2. Funding for the Patient Navigator Research Program of the National Cancer Institute (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall use amounts allocated under subsection (b) for purposes of carrying out the Patient Navigator Research Program of the National Cancer Institute. (b) Allocation of amounts Notwithstanding any other provision of law, out of any unobligated amounts returned by or recouped from recipients of past distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, the Secretary shall allocate such amounts as the Secretary determines appropriate for purposes of carrying out subsection (a). (c) Provider relief fund In this section, the term Provider Relief Fund means the funding appropriated to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for necessary expenses to reimburse, through grants or other mechanisms, eligible health care providers for health care related expenses or lost revenue attributable to coronavirus for which appropriations are made under— (1) the third paragraph under the heading Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund in division B of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ); (2) the first paragraph under the heading Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund in division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ( Public Law 116–139 ); and (3) the fourth paragraph under the heading Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund in title III of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ).