Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2007

To improve and enhance research and programs on cancer survivorship, and for other purposes.

12/11/2007--Introduced.
Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to expand and intensify CDC's cancer control programs. Requires the Secretary to:
(1) provide guidance to states, in collaboration with the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), on interventions that may be incorporated into state cancer control programs to improve the long-term health status of childhood cancer survivors;
(2) encourage states to incorporate strategies for improving their care into their comprehensive cancer plans;
(3) collaborate with the NCI Director to improve or develop systems for tracking cancer survivors; and
(4) enhance control programs to include a focus on childhood cancer survivorship.
Directs the NCI Director to:
(1) coordinate National Institutes of Health (NIH) activities regarding cancer survivorship;
(2) make grants for research regarding pediatric cancer survivors and health disparities in cancer survivorship within minority populations;
(3) conduct or support research to evaluate followup care for childhood cancer survivors; and
(4) make grants to establish pilot programs to develop, study, or evaluate model systems for monitoring and caring for cancer survivors.
Directs the Secretary to make grants to:
(1) establish or improve training programs for health care professionals to improve followup care for young cancer survivors and to ensure that such care is linguistically and culturally competent;
(2) pay costs incurred during the first four years of operating a clinic for comprehensive long-term followup services for childhood cancer survivors; and
(3) improve physical and psychosocial care for such survivors.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
• and 39 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8]
  • Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Deborah Pryce [R, OH-15]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.4450

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December 11, 2007

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• Dec 11, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Dec 11, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Dec 11, 2007.

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Companion legislation (HR 4450) was introduced in the House by Reps. Hilda Solis (D-CA) and Mary Mack Bono (R-CA) last December. Advocates are mobilizing the effort to improve care for childhood cancer patients. ...

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May 10, 2008 Senator Clinton Introduces Companion Legislation on Childhood ...

Please write your local senators (click the link to the left to send a quick email) in honor of Kevin's battle with cancer & ask them to support Senator Clinton in companion bill (S 2877) to HR 4450, The Pediatric, Adolescent and Young ...

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