To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor’s background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor’s background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Labor, Government Operations.
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 HB130380DF9C44F3391E75DF158F71D64: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act. The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
- Section H9666373ADB1E443995C88791CF48C3CA: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: A cancer survivor is any individual with a history of cancer, from the time of diagnosis through the rest of their...
- Section HDA414219BA464E3DB6025EB1BFB5C08A: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term cancer survivor means an individual from the time of cancer diagnosis through the balance of his or her life. The term...
- Section H5B2D8C391D104CD5B43FF2A6E3AE038F: 4. Coverage of cancer care planning and coordination services Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended— in subsection (s)(2)— by...
- Section HDE27504711C5414B98A2F6F2DC78634C: 5. Survivorship transition tools The head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, in collaboration with Director of the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor’s background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor’s background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, 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
IntroducedMs. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a cancer survivor (as defined in section 3) who— remains in the workforce during cancer treatment
a service that— helps patients overcome health care system and other barriers
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