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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 29, 2005

Statement on H.R. 1812, the "Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005"

On Wednesday, June 29, 2005, the President has signed into law;

H.R. 1812, the "Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005," which authorizes appropriations through FY 2010 for the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a competitive grant program designed to help patients access health care services.

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President George W. Bush is surrounded by members of Congress as he signs H.R. 1812, the Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005, in the Oval Office Wednesday, June 29, 2005. With him are, from left: Congressman Bob Menendez, D-N.J.; Congresswoman Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio; Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and Congressman Joe Barton, R-Texas.  White House photo by Paul Morse