Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1864
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 16-38-2-1
;
IC 16-38-2-11.
Synopsis: Cancer registry. Allows the state department of health to
enter into a contract for the collection, analysis, and research of
epidemiologic data compiled for the cancer registry. Beginning July 1,
2002, requires the state department of health to publish and make
available to the public an annual report summarizing the information
collected during the previous calendar year.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 17, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
Introduced
First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1864
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 16-38-2-1; (01)IN1864.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 16-38-2-1
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 1. (a) The state
department shall establish a cancer registry for the purpose of:
(1) recording all cases of malignant disease that are diagnosed or
treated in Indiana; and
(2) compiling necessary and appropriate information concerning
those cases, as determined by the state department;
in order to conduct epidemiologic surveys of cancer and to apply
appropriate preventive and control measures.
(b) The department may contract for the collection and analysis
of, and the research related to, the epidemiologic data compiled
under this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 16-38-2-11; (01)IN1864.1.2. -->
SECTION 2.
IC 16-38-2-11
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2001]:
Sec. 11. Not later than July of each year, the department
shall publish and make available to the public an annual report
summarizing the information collected under this chapter during
the previous calendar year.