Van Hollen, Reed, Capito, and Murkowski led effort to advance childhood cancer research, bolster work to identify and track incidence of childhood cancer, and enhance the quality of life for childhood cancer survivors
In an effort to help thousands of children who undergo cancer treatment each year, support the pediatric cancer community, and find new cures and effective treatments, President Biden today signed into law the Childhood Cancer STAR Reauthorization Act of 2022 (S. 4120), legislation led in the U.S. Senate by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) along with 35 additional co-sponsors. The Senators’ bill reauthorizes the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, the most comprehensive childhood cancer bill ever passed by Congress, for another five years. The original bill was initially introduced in the House by then-Congressman Van Hollen; it was later passed in 2018.
Through the fiscal year 2023 omnibus government funding legislation, Senator Van Hollen fought successfully to fund the STAR Program at its fully authorized level of $30 million, in addition to fully funding the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative at $50 million. The omnibus funding legislation was signed into law by President Biden last week.
The STAR Act helps advance pediatric cancer research and child-focused cancer treatments, while also improving childhood cancer surveillance and providing resources for survivors and those impacted by childhood cancer. Since being signed into law the original STAR Act has helped deliver over $150 million to fund promising childhood cancer research and assist patients and families battling cancer.
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