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H.R. 918: Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004

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H.R. 918: Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2003-02-26 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-02-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004

Plain summary

Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) the Director of the National Cancer Institute; and (3) the Director of the Indian Health Service to make grants for model programs to provide services for cancer and chronic diseases to individuals of health disparity populations. Requires that these services: (1) be provided in a culturally competent way; (2) include patient navigators to help with finding services and follow-up care; and (3) include ongoing outreach activities. Conditions grants on the presence of a fee schedule consistent with prevailing rates and a fee discount schedule which provides fee adjustments based on ability to pay. Evaluates services according to a peer-reviewed model according to best practices. Limits the grants to five years.

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Official text

Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] · 132 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 918, Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004 (2004-10-04); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 918, Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2004 (2004-10-04)

Cosponsors on this site

Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Boozman (R-AR), Adam Smith (D-WA), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) and 72 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr918 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108