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H.R. 2159: PROSTATE Act

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H.R. 2159: PROSTATE Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-14 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

PROSTATE Act

Plain summary

Prostate Research, Outreach, Screening, Testing, Access, and Treatment Effectiveness Act of 2011 or the PROSTATE Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Interagency Prostate Cancer Coordination and Education Task Force, with duties to include: (1) developing a summary of advances in federal prostate cancer research and compile a list of best practices that warrant broader adoption in health care programs; (2) considering establishing guidance to enable physicians to allow screening of men over age 74; (3) coordinating information on federal research and health care program activities relating to prostate cancer; and (4) submitting recommendations regarding federal research and health care programs. Directs the Secretary to establish and carry out a program to coordinate and intensify prostate cancer research, including by developing advances in diagnostic and prognostic methods and tests, better understanding the etiology of the disease, and establishing clinical registries for prostate cancer and awarding research grants. Establishes in the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a Prostate Cancer Scientific Advisory Board to be responsible for accelerating real-time sharing of the latest research data and accelerating movement of new medicines to patients. Directs the Secretary of VA, the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish four-year telehealth pilot projects to analyze the clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness associated with telehealth services in a variety of geographic areas that contain high proportions of medically underserved populations and those in rural areas. Requires the Secretary of VA to develop a national education campaign for prostate cancer.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

PROSTATE Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · 46 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), André Carson (D-IN), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2159 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112