Bill Text: HI SB2045 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Colorectal Cancer Screening Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Fale, Ing, C. Lee, Saiki, Takai excused (6). [SB2045 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2045-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING PILOT PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that among the types of cancer that affect men and women, cancer of the colon and rectum, also known as colorectal cancer, is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The National Cancer Institute estimates that in 2013, 142,820 people in the United States were diagnosed with, and 50,830 people died from, colorectal cancer. Based on rates from 2006 through 2008, 5.08 per cent of men and women born today will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer during their lifetime. Since colorectal cancer almost always develops from precancerous polyps in the colon or rectum, screening tests are an easy and effective method to find precancerous polyps and to detect colorectal cancer in its early stages.
The legislature also finds that a screening program will increase detection of any cancer at an early stage, improving chances for survival and decreasing mortality rates. With the success of the Hawaii comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program, established by the legislature in 1993 to provide breast and cervical cancer screening, the legislature further finds that this program is a model of an effective approach to increasing the number of screenings and early detection of colorectal cancer.
The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Establish a two-year Hawaii colorectal cancer screening awareness pilot program using the Hawaii comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program as a model; and
(2) Appropriate funds for the pilot program.
SECTION 2. (a) There is established the Hawaii colorectal cancer screening awareness pilot program, to be administered by the department of health in collaboration with the department of human services, to facilitate the early detection of colorectal cancer and to assist individuals who have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
(b) Under the Hawaii colorectal cancer screening awareness pilot program, the department of health shall:
(1) Educate, train, and improve the skills of health care professionals, including allied health professionals and lay health educators, in the detection and management of colorectal cancer;
(2) Educate the public regarding the risks associated with colorectal cancer and the benefits of screening;
(3) Provide outreach to individuals who are at greater risk for colorectal cancer; and
(4) Provide referral services for individuals diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
(c) The department of health shall submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2015 on the efficacy of the pilot program and the expenditure of all funds for the Hawaii colorectal cancer screening awareness pilot program.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the Hawaii colorectal cancer screening awareness pilot program.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2150, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2016.
Report Title:
Colorectal Cancer Screening Pilot Program; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes a Hawaii Colorectal Cancer Screening Awareness Pilot Program using the Hawaii Comprehensive Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program as a model. Appropriates funds for the first year of the two-year pilot program. Effective July 1, 2150. Repeals on June 30, 2016. (SB2045 HD1)
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