Cancer Registries Amendment Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 7, 1992)
Cancer Registries Amendment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants or contracts to operate population-based, statewide cancer registries in order to collect certain data for each form of in-situ and invasive cancer except basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Authorizes grants for planning the registries.
Mandates a study on factors contributing to elevated rates of breast cancer mortality in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants and contracts, or both, to provide technical assistance to the States in the establishment and operation of statewide registries.
Authorizes appropriations.
What just happenedFeb 28, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Feb 28, 1992CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 7, 1992IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 7, 1992IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 1992IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House