To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for supporting new mobile cancer screening units to expand patient access to essential screening services in rural and underserved communities, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for supporting new mobile cancer screening units to expand patient access to essential screening services in rural and underserved communities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H518234FB70DE43AD8B9CCCDBA7904AB0: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mobile Cancer Screening Act.
- Section H4856D3F8A8E047649DC57E73A09A7CCD: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Each year, 2,000,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of...
- Section H2600FF63A97F440A8C2D77D27331920B: 3. Mobile cancer screening grants Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
- Section H87D30E7577D64C3F91C38B6F741145C6: 340J. Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for supporting new mobile cancer screening units to expand patient access to essential screening services in rural and underserved communities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for supporting new mobile cancer screening units to expand patient access to essential screening services in rural and underserved communities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Bucshon, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Academic health centers and health systems, Indian Health Service facilities, Nonprofit hospitals and FQHCs serving rural areas
Medical imaging equipment manufacturers, Rural and underserved communities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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