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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 29, 2007
CONTACT: Geoff Embler or Jamie Loftus
Sen. Hutchison’s Early Cancer Detection Bill Passes Senate
WASHINGTON -- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, announced today that the Senate passed legislation she introduced with Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) to reauthorize the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
“Early detection of breast and cervical cancers saves lives and is essential to our fight against these devastating diseases,” Sen. Hutchison said. “The national early detection program has given millions of disadvantaged women access to vitally important cancer screenings and must be continued.”
The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program makes critical breast and cervical cancer screenings and post-screening diagnostic services available to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women. Established by Congress in 1991 and reauthorized in 2000, the program has been implemented in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. To date, it has provided nearly 5.8 million screening exams to almost 2.5 million underserved women nationwide.
Senators Hutchison and Mikulski introduced the legislation in February 2007. The House of Representatives passed identical legislation and the bill will now be sent to the president to be signed into law.
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