Quality of Care for Individuals With Cancer Act

Summary

Quality of Care for Individuals with Cancer Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the development of core sets of quality of cancer care measures to be used in Federal programs. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to : (1) award grants to expand the ability of State cancer registries to monitor and evaluate the quality of cancer care; (2) establish the Cancer Surveillance System to monitor State cancer registries; and (2) provide for the development, expansion, and evaluation of such registries. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to: (1) conduct and support research pertaining to the quality of cancer care; and (2) award grants to develop or adopt model systems of cancer care. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to establish a National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program to improve the quality of cancer care. Requires the Secretary to award grants regarding quality of cancer care, including grants to develop: (1) cancer case management programs; (2) model programs for the delivery of palliative care; (3) programs for cancer survivorship; (4) end-of-life programs; and (5) curricula for health care provider training. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to: (1) establish and support programs to assure an adequate and diverse cancer care workforce; and (2) support multidisciplinary, translational cancer research. Sets forth conditions for the waiver of certain requirements for making grants to States for breast cancer and cervical cancer programs. Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to evaluate State and Federal comprehensive cancer control programs and the quality of care received by Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 July 2004

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 22 July 2004

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