Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2008

A bill to establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner.

6/25/2008--Introduced.
Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to implement a comprehensive program to achieve a 50% reduction in the mortality rate of lung cancer by 2015. Includes within such program:
(1) a strategic review and prioritization of research grants;
(2) an expansion of research programs, such as on predispositions to lung cancer; and
(3) the expedited development of computer assisted diagnostic, surgical, treatment, and drug testing innovations.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary to provide incentives for the development of chemoprevention drugs for precancerous conditions of the lung, drugs for targeted therapeutic treatments and vaccines for lung cancer, and new agents to curtail or prevent nicotine addiction. Provides for compassionate access to drugs, biological products, and devices under the lung cancer mortality reduction program. Requires the Secretary to establish an early disease research and management program targeted at the high incidence and mortality rates among minority and low income populations.
Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with the Secretary in:
(1) the development of the lung cancer mortality reduction program under this Act;
(2) the implementation of an early detection and disease management research program for military personnel and veterans whose smoking history and exposure to carcinogens during active duty service has increased their risk for lung cancer; and
(3) the implementation of coordinated care programs for military personnel and veterans diagnosed with lung cancer.
Requires the Secretary to establish a Lung Cancer Advisory Board to monitor the programs established under this Act.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  • Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.3187

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 25, 2008

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• Jun 25, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Introduced on Jun 25, 2008.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Veterans' medical care
• Veterans
• Vaccines
• Surgery
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• Smoking
• Science policy
• Research grants
• Preventive medicine
• Pharmaceutical research
• Nicotine
• Mortality
• Minority health
• Minorities
• Military medicine
• Medical tests
• Medical research
• Medical care
• Lung cancer
• Health policy
• Federal aid to research
• Federal advisory bodies
• Executive departments
• Drug abuse
• Defense policy
• Chemotherapy
• Carcinogens
• Budgets
• Armed forces
• Access to health care
• Medicine

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September 25, 2008 Senators Cochran (R-MS), Boxer (D-CA), Brownback (R-KS) and Vitter (R-LA) Add Their Support to Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act

...(R-KS), who is co-chair of the Senate Cancer Caucus and co-author of the Senate resolution last year that laid the groundwork for S.3187. All agencies of HHS, including the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Adm

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