Section was enacted as part of the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2018, also known as the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
2023—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–350, § 2(b)(1)(A), substituted “Research to evaluate” for “Pilot programs to explore” in heading.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 117–350, § 2(b)(1)(B), substituted “shall, as appropriate, make awards to eligible entities to conduct or support research” for “may make awards to eligible entities to establish pilot programs” and “approaches” for “model systems”, inserted “and adolescent” after “childhood”, and struck out “evaluation of models for” before “transition”.
Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 117–350, § 2(b)(1)(C)(i), inserted “within the existing peer review process,” after “practicable,” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(v). Pub. L. 117–350, § 2(b)(1)(C)(ii), substituted “in carrying out the activities described in paragraph (1)” for “in treating survivors of childhood cancers”.
Subsec. (a)(3)(B)(v). Pub. L. 117–350, § 2(b)(1)(D), substituted “design tools to support the secure electronic transfer of treatment information and care summaries between health care providers or, as applicable and appropriate, longitudinal childhood cancer survivorship cohorts” for “design of systems for the effective transfer of treatment information and care summaries from cancer care providers to other health care providers”.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 117–350, § 2(b)(2)(A), substituted “
Subsec. (b)(1)(A) to (C). Pub. L. 117–350, § 2(b)(2)(B), added subpar. (B), redesignated former subpar. (B) as (A), and struck out former subpars. (A) and (C) which read as follows:
“(A) an assessment of the effectiveness of supportive psychosocial care services for pediatric cancer patients and survivors, including pediatric cancer survivorship care patient navigators and peer support programs;
“(C) recommendations for improving the provision of psychosocial care for pediatric cancer survivors and patients.”
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 117–350, § 2(b)(2)(A), substituted “