[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1245 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.1245
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and six
An Act
To provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women
and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gynecologic Cancer Education and
Awareness Act of 2005'' or ``Johanna's Law''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
Section 317P of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-17)
is amended--
(1) in the section heading by adding ``(johanna's law)'' at the
end; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Johanna's Law.--
``(1) National public awareness campaign.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a national
campaign to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care
providers and women with respect to gynecologic cancers.
``(B) Written materials.--Activities under the national
campaign under subparagraph (A) shall include--
``(i) maintaining a supply of written materials that
provide information to the public on gynecologic cancers;
and
``(ii) distributing the materials to members of the
public upon request.
``(C) Public service announcements.--Activities under the
national campaign under subparagraph (A) shall, in accordance
with applicable law and regulations, include developing and
placing, in telecommunications media, public service
announcements intended to encourage women to discuss with their
physicians their risks of gynecologic cancers. Such
announcements shall inform the public on the manner in which
the written materials referred to in subparagraph (B) can be
obtained upon request, and shall call attention to early
warning signs and risk factors based on the best available
medical information.
``(2) Report and strategy.--
``(A) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to
the Congress a report including the following:
``(i) A description of the past and present activities
of the Department of Health and Human Services to increase
awareness and knowledge of the public with respect to
different types of cancer, including gynecologic cancers.
``(ii) A description of the past and present activities
of the Department of Health and Human Services to increase
awareness and knowledge of health care providers with
respect to different types of cancer, including gynecologic
cancers.
``(iii) For each activity described pursuant to clause
(i) or (ii), a description of the following:
``(I) The funding for such activity for fiscal year
2006 and the cumulative funding for such activity for
previous fiscal years.
``(II) The background and history of such activity,
including--
``(aa) the goals of such activity;
``(bb) the communications objectives of such
activity;
``(cc) the identity of each agency within the
Department of Health and Human Services responsible
for any aspect of the activity; and
``(dd) how such activity is or was expected to
result in change.
``(III) How long the activity lasted or is expected
to last.
``(IV) The outcomes observed and the evaluation
methods, if any, that have been, are being, or will be
used with respect to such activity.
``(V) For each such outcome or evaluation method, a
description of the associated results, analyses, and
conclusions.
``(B) Strategy.--
``(i) Development; submission to congress.--Not later
than 3 months after submitting the report required by
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall develop and submit to
the Congress a strategy for improving efforts to increase
awareness and knowledge of the public and health care
providers with respect to different types of cancer,
including gynecological cancers.
``(ii) Consultation.--In developing the strategy under
clause (i), the Secretary should consult with qualified
private sector groups, including nonprofit organizations.
``(3) Full compliance.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than March 1, 2008, the
Secretary shall ensure that all provisions of this section,
including activities directed to be carried out by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug
Administration, are fully implemented and being complied with.
Not later than April 30, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report that certifies compliance with the preceding
sentence and that contains a description of all activities
undertaken to achieve such compliance.
``(B) If the Secretary fails to submit the certification as
provided for under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, not
later than 3 months after the date on which the report is to be
submitted under subparagraph (A), and every 3 months
thereafter, submit to Congress an explanation as to why the
Secretary has not yet complied with the first sentence of
subparagraph (A), a detailed description of all actions
undertaken within the month for which the report is being
submitted to bring the Secretary into compliance with such
sentence, and the anticipated date the Secretary expects to be
in full compliance with such sentence.
``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of
carrying out this subsection, there is authorized to be
appropriated $16,500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007
through 2009.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.