Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 20, 2013)
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible entities to establish pilot programs to develop, study, or evaluate model systems for monitoring and caring for childhood cancer survivors.
Requires the Secretary to convene a Workforce Development Collaborative on Medical and Psychosocial Care for Pediatric Cancer to establish a plan to meet specified objectives relating to medical and psychosocial care workforce development, including: (1) disseminating to health care educators information relevant to providing medical and psychosocial services to persons with pediatric cancers, (2) adapting curricula for continuing education of the existing workforce, and (3) strengthening the emphasis on psychosocial health care in educational accreditation standards and professional licensing and certification.
Reauthorizes and expands the National Cancer Institute's pediatric cancer research and awareness program to include research on: (1) pediatric cancer survivors within minority or other medically underserved populations, (2) health disparities in pediatric cancer survivorship outcomes, and (3) follow-up care for pediatric cancer survivors.
Requires the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to establish and operate a clinic for comprehensive long-term follow-up services for pediatric cancer survivors.
What just happenedMay 24, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 20, 2013
- May 24, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 20, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- May 20, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 20, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House