A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning under the Medicare program and to improve the care furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, provider education, and related research
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Cancer; Treatment; Planning; Finance; Law and legislation; Hospice care; Palliative treatment; Medicare
Other titles: Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2006.; 109th Congress, 2d Session, H.R. 5465 in the House of Representatives.; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning under the Medicare program and to improve the care furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, provider education, and related research.
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Introduced May 24, 2006; referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Committee on Ways and Means.