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Union Calendar No. 448
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1553
[Report No. 110–706]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 15, 2007
Ms. Pryce of Ohio (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Castle, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Mica, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Graves, Mr. Platts, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Engel, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Al Green of Texas, and Mr. Forbes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
June 10, 2008
Additional sponsors: Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Terry, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. Holden, Mr. Pickering, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Markey, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Allen, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Wu, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, Mr. Latham, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Whitfield of Kentucky, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Olver, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Boswell, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Porter, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Sires, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Ortiz, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Holt, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Wamp, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Jindal, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Ms. Granger, Ms. Solis, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Filner, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Israel, Mr. Fossella, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Lampson, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Shuler, Mr. King of New York, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Berman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Clay, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Turner, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Murtha, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Bachus, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Hare, Mr. Honda, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Ramstad, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Gingrey, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mrs. Cubin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Wittman of Virginia, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Boren, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Carney, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. Bean, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Petri, Mr. Carson, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Heller of Nevada, Mr. Kuhl of New York, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey
June 10, 2008
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 15, 2007
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer
Childhood Cancer Act of 2008
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Findings
Congress makes the following findings:
Cancer kills more children than any other disease.
Each year cancer kills more children between 1 and 20 years of age than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, and AIDS, combined.
Every year, over 12,500 young people are diagnosed with cancer.
Each year, about 2,300 children and teenagers die from cancer.
One in every 330 Americans develops cancer before age 20.
Some forms of childhood cancer have proven to be so resistant that even in spite of the great research strides made, most of those children die. Up to 75 percent of the children with cancer can now be cured.
The causes of most childhood cancers are not yet known.
Childhood cancers are mostly those of the white blood cells (leukemias), brain, bone, the lymphatic system, and tumors of the muscles, kidneys, and nervous system. Each of these behaves differently, but all are characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of abnormal cells.
Eighty percent of the children who are diagnosed with cancer have disease which has already spread to distant sites in the body.
Ninety percent of children with a form of pediatric cancer are treated at one of the more than 200 Children's Oncology Group member institutions throughout the United States.
Purposes
It is the purpose of this Act to authorize appropriations to—
encourage the support for pediatric cancer research and other activities related to pediatric cancer;
establish a comprehensive national childhood cancer registry; and
provide informational services to patients and families affected by childhood cancer.
Pediatric cancer research and awareness; national childhood cancer registry
Pediatric cancer research and awareness
Subpart 1 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Pediatric cancer research and awareness
Pediatric cancer research
Programs of research excellence in pediatric cancer
The Secretary, in collaboration with the Director of NIH and other Federal agencies with interest in prevention and treatment of pediatric cancer, shall continue to enhance, expand, and intensify pediatric cancer research and other activities related to pediatric cancer, including therapeutically applicable research to generate effective treatments, pediatric preclinical testing, and pediatric clinical trials through National Cancer Institute-supported pediatric cancer clinical trial groups and their member institutions. In enhancing, expanding, and intensifying such research and other activities, the Secretary is encouraged to take into consideration the application of such research and other activities for minority, health disparity, and medically underserved communities. For purposes of this section, the term pediatric cancer research means research on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, recognition, treatment, and long-term effects of pediatric cancer.
Peer review requirements
All grants awarded under this subsection shall be awarded in accordance with section 492.
Public awareness of pediatric cancers and available treatments and research
In general
The Secretary may award grants to childhood cancer professional and direct service organizations for the expansion and widespread implementation of—
activities that provide available information on treatment protocols to ensure early access to the best available therapies and clinical trials for pediatric cancers;
activities that provide available information on the late effects of pediatric cancer treatment to ensure access to necessary long-term medical and psychological care; and
direct resource services such as educational outreach for parents, peer-to-peer and parent-to-parent support networks, information on school re-entry and postsecondary education, and resource directories or referral services for financial assistance, psychological counseling, and other support services.
Performance measurement, transparency, and accountability
For each grant awarded under this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and implement metrics-based performance measures to assess the effectiveness of activities funded under such grant.
Informational requirements
Any information made available pursuant to a grant awarded under paragraph (1) shall be—
culturally and linguistically appropriate as needed by patients and families affected by childhood cancer; and
approved by the Secretary.
Rule of construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed as being inconsistent with the goals and purposes of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 202 note).
Authorization of appropriations
For purposes of carrying out this section and section 399E–1, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013. Such authorization of appropriations is in addition to the authorization of appropriations established in section 402A with respect to such purpose. Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.
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National Childhood Cancer registry
Part M of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280e et seq.) is amended—
by inserting after section 399E the following:
National Childhood Cancer Registry
In general
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award a grant to enhance and expand infrastructure to track the epidemiology of pediatric cancer into a comprehensive nationwide registry of actual occurrences of pediatric cancer. Such registry shall be updated to include an actual occurrence within weeks of the date of such occurrence.
Informed consent and privacy requirements and coordination with existing programs
The registry established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to section 552a of title 5, United States Code, the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, applicable Federal and State informed consent regulations, any other applicable Federal and State laws relating to the privacy of patient information, and section 399B(d)(4) of this Act.
; and
in section 399F(a), by
inserting (other than section 399E–1)
after this
part
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Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical
research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families
have access to information regarding pediatric cancers and current treatments
for such cancers, establish a national childhood cancer registry, and promote
public awareness of pediatric cancer.
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June 10, 2008
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
