Counting Veterans’ Cancer Act of 2024
HR 7091, the Counting Veterans’ Cancer Act of 2024, requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to share cancer diagnosis data for veterans receiving VA care with state cancer registries. This affects veterans diagnosed with cancer through VA facilities and state registries participating in CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries or NCI’s SEER program. The bill mandates that the VA share this data "as complete and timely as possible" without requiring new data-sharing agreements between the VA and states. The goal is to ensure all veteran cancer cases are included in national cancer statistics, improving data for research, identifying disparities, and informing veteran-specific cancer care programs.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
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Introduced Jan 25, 2024
Last action Feb 21, 2024
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Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer A. Kiggans
RRepublican
Co
David P. Joyce
RRepublican
Co
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
DDemocratic
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