H.Res. 262: Supporting efforts to raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research and treatment of the psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with a childhood cancer and their families.

H.Res. 262: Supporting efforts to raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research and treatment of the psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with a childhood cancer and their families.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-10 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Supporting efforts to raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research and treatment of the psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with a childhood cancer and their families.

Plain summary

Expresses support for efforts that raise awareness about all childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancers. Encourages: (1) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to take steps to address the psychosocial needs of the children, adolescents, young adults, and their families living with childhood cancer; and (2) the federal government and the private sector to devote resources to find better treatments for, and build awareness of, childhood cancer and to emphasize the importance of such needs. Urges: (1) public and private sector health organizations to take steps to increase physician, nursing, and other health care providers' awareness of those needs, as well as increase access to readily available mental health services in support of these efforts; and (2) the federal government and the private sector to invest in the development of new and improved psychosocial and medical treatments and therapies for children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with and surviving cancer.

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Supporting efforts to raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research and treatment of the psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with a childhood cancer and their families.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] · 22 cosponsors

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Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hres262.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hres>

Record fed-us-cong112-hres262 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112