---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 285a–11b"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "285a–11b"
heading: "Best practices for long-term follow-up services for pediatric cancer survivors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/285a-11b"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter III — National Research Institutes"
  - "Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes"
  - "Subpart 1 — national cancer institute"
---

# §285a–11b. Best practices for long-term follow-up services for pediatric cancer survivors


The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) of Health and Human [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) may facilitate the identification of best [practices](/usc/42/17061.md?p=19) for childhood and [adolescent](/usc/42/300z–1.md?p=a-9) cancer survivorship care, and, as appropriate, may consult with individuals who have expertise in late effects of disease and [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) of childhood and [adolescent](/usc/42/300z–1.md?p=a-9) cancers, which may include—

- (1) oncologists, which may include pediatric oncologists;
- (2) primary care [providers](/usc/42/299b–21.md?p=8) engaged in survivorship care;
- (3) survivors of childhood and [adolescent](/usc/42/300z–1.md?p=a-9) cancer;
- (4) parents of children and [adolescents](/usc/42/300z–1.md?p=a-9) who have been diagnosed with and treated for cancer and parents of long-term survivors;
- (5) nurses and social workers;
- (6) mental health professionals;
- (7) allied health professionals, including physical therapists and occupational therapists; and
- (8) others, as the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) determines appropriate.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–180, title II, § 203, June 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 1389.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

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.