Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005

Summary

Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to eligible entities for the development and operation of demonstration programs to provide patient navigator services to improve health care outcomes. Requires the Secretary to coordinate with, and ensure the participation of, the Indian Health Service, the National Cancer Institute, and the Office of Rural Health Policy. Requires that each grantee agree to recruit, assign, train, and employ patient navigators who have direct knowledge of the communities they serve to facilitate the care of individuals. Requires the Secretary to: (1) direct that each application for a grant outline how the eligible entity will establish baseline measures and benchmarks that meet the Secretary's requirements to evaluate program outcomes; (2) establish uniform baseline measures in order to properly evaluate the impact of the demonstration projects; (3) give preference to those entities that demonstrate plans to utilize patient navigator services to overcome significant barriers to improve health care outcomes within their respective communities; and (4) ensure coordination of the grant programs under this Act with existing authorized programs to facilitate access to high-quality health care services.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 25 May 2005

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 25 May 2005

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 25 May 2005

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 April 2005

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 April 2005

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• Introduced in Senate

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