Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Patient Navigator Enhancement Act”.
Patient Navigator Enhancement Act
A BILL
To increase funding for the Patient Navigator Research Program of the National Cancer Institute.
Sec. 2 Funding for the Patient Navigator Research Program of the National Cancer Institute
In general— The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall use amounts allocated under subsection (b) for purposes of carrying out the Patient Navigator Research Program of the National Cancer Institute.
Allocation of amounts— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, out of any unobligated amounts returned by or recouped from recipients of past distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, the Secretary shall allocate such amounts as the Secretary determines appropriate for purposes of carrying out subsection (a).
Provider relief fund— In this section, the term Provider Relief Fund means the funding appropriated to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for necessary expenses to reimburse, through grants or other mechanisms, eligible health care providers for health care related expenses or lost revenue attributable to coronavirus for which appropriations are made under—
the third paragraph under the heading “Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund” in division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136);
the first paragraph under the heading “Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund” in division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139); and
the fourth paragraph under the heading “Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund” in title III of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260).