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News Release....CARE Bill Update for 2007 On January 19, 2007, the CARE bill was introduced into the 110th
Congress. House Bill 583 was introduced by Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA). The new name of the CARE bill is the "C
onsistency, Accuracy, R
esponsibility, and Excellence (CARE)
in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy" bill. Currently the bill has already gained 6 co-sponsors. The current bill is the same as S.B. 2322 which was passed by the Senate in the 109th
Congress last year. Senators Kennedy and Enzi are again working on the Senate version of the bill and will hopefully introduce it by the end of the month. Please contact your Senators and
Representative; now is the time to seek co-sponsors of the CARE bill! The ASRT and other members of the Alliance for
Quality Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy are leading supporters of the RadCARE bill. The Alliance is a coalition of 20 health care organizations whose members represent more than 300,000 medical imaging and
radiation therapy professionals. The American Cancer Society, several medical imaging and radiation therapy manufacturers and a variety of patient advocacy associations also support the bill. "The
ASRT's goal is to ensure that patients receive safe, high quality imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments provided by qualified individuals in all health care settings, from rural physician offices to
large urban hospitals," said Ms. Lung. Please visit the ASRT Web site, www.asrt.org, for more information. ASRT Contacts: Christine Lung American Society of Radiologic Technologists eAdvocacy Site posted 9/25/2006 |
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