KRS § 164.476 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.476
164.476 Lung cancer research fund -- Consortium between Universities of Kentucky and Louisville to be known as the Governance Board of the Lung Cancer Research Project -- Annual audit
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164.476 Lung cancer research fund -- Consortium between Universities of

Kentucky and Louisville to be known as the Governance Board of the Lung

Cancer Research Project -- Annual audit.

(1) The "Lung Cancer Research Fund" is created and shall receive funds each year

from the Kentucky health care improvement fund in the amount specified in KRS

304.17B-003(5)(b). The lung cancer research fund shall be used to finance the Lung

Cancer Research Project described in subsection (5) of this section. No revenues

from the lung cancer research fund shall be allocated until the board has adopted the

strategic plan described in subsections (5) and (6) of this section.

(2) A research consortium between the University of Kentucky and the University of

Louisville is created and shall be known as the Governance Board of the Lung

Cancer Research Project. The consortium shall be attached to the Council on

Postsecondary Education for administrative purposes.

(3) The board shall consist of nine (9) members appointed by the Governor as follows:

(a) Two (2) members shall be from the faculty of the School of Medicine at the

University of Kentucky;

(b) Two (2) members shall be from the faculty of the School of Medicine at the

University of Louisville;

(c) Two (2) members shall be from the Council on Postsecondary Education; and

(d) Three (3) members shall be from the state at large, one (1) of whom shall be

appointed chair by the Governor.

(4) Except as provided in paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection, the terms of the

members shall be for four (4) years and until their successors are appointed and

confirmed. A vacancy on the board shall be filled for the remainder of the

unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Members may be

reappointed. The initial appointments shall be for staggered terms, as follows:

(a) Two (2) members shall be appointed for one (1) year;

(b) Two (2) members shall be appointed for two (2) years;

(c) Two (2) members shall be appointed for three (3) years; and

(d) Three (3) members shall be appointed for four (4) years.

(5) The Governance Board of the Lung Cancer Research Project shall develop and

oversee the implementation of a twenty (20) year strategic plan that utilizes the

resources of both the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky in

establishing the Lung Cancer Research Project. The Lung Cancer Research Project

shall be a joint program to:

(a) Develop an expertise in the area of lung cancer research with an immediate

focus on early detection and epidemiology and with an ultimate goal of

eradication of lung cancer;

(b) Establish a statewide clinical trial network to make university-based clinical

trials available to the community physician in order to bring the most

innovative cancer treatments to all Kentuckians in need of these treatments;

(c) Leverage the resources earmarked for the Lung Cancer Research Project

toward the certification of the cancer program at the University of Kentucky

and the University of Louisville by the National Cancer Institute as a cancer

center; and

(d) Undertake other initiatives consistent with the strategic plan.

(6) The strategic plan shall identify both short-term and long-term goals and the

appropriate oversights to measure progress toward achievement of those goals; it

shall be updated every two (2) years.

(7) The Governance Board of the Lung Cancer Research Project shall submit an annual

report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by September 1

each year for the preceding fiscal year, outlining its activities and expenditures.

(8) The Auditor of Public Accounts, on an annual basis, shall conduct a thorough

review of all expenditures from the lung cancer research fund and, if necessary in

the opinion of the Auditor, the operations of the Lung Cancer Research Project and

the lung cancer research fund.