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Bill May 16, 2026

To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor's background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8839 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8839 To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor's background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2026 Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. Kennedy of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor's background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; T

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz U.S. Representative Joe Wilson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mark DeSaulnier U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brian Fitzpatrick U.S. Representative Cosponsor Timothy Kennedy U.S. Representative Cosponsor Steve Cohen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sarah Elfreth U.S. Representative Cosponsor Frederica Wilson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sanford Bishop U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lloyd Doggett U.S. Representative Cosponsor Josh Gottheimer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Henry Johnson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jamie Raskin U.S. Representative Cosponsor Adelita Grijalva U.S. Representative Cosponsor Glenn Thompson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jared Moskowitz U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jahana Hayes U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jonathan Jackson U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Walkinshaw U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mary Scanlon U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lateefah Simon U.S. Representative Cosponsor Yvette Clarke U.S. Representative Cosponsor Seth Moulton U.S. Representative Cosponsor Shri Thanedar U.S. Representative Cosponsor
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