Resolve, Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission To Study the Incidence of and Mortality Related to Cancer
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1759
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: CRAVEN

Legislative Document 
No. 1759 
S.P. 697 
In Senate, February 4, 2014 
Resolve, Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission To 
Study the Incidence of and Mortality Related to Cancer 
(EMERGENCY) 
Submitted by the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services pursuant to 
Joint Rule 353. 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
DAREK M. GRANT 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator CRAVEN of Androscoggin. 
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the expiration of the 90-day 
period in order to allow the Commission To Study the Incidence of and Mortality Related 
to Cancer sufficient time to conduct its work; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, be it 
PART A 
Sec. A-1.  Resolve 2013, c. 77, §9, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2013, 
chapter 77, section 9 is amended to read: 
Sec. 9.  Reports.  Resolved:  That, no later than December  4  15, 2013, the 
commission shall submit a an interim report that includes its findings and 
recommendations, including suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Health and Human Services in the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature and, 
no later than December 15, 2014, a final report that includes its findings and 
recommendations, including suggested legislation, to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters in the First 
Regular Session of the 127th Legislature; and be it further 
; and be it further 
Sec. A-2.  Retroactivity.  Resolved:  That this Part applies retroactively to 
December 4, 2013. 
PART B 
Sec. B-1.  Working group.  Resolved:  That the Commissioner of Health and 
Human Services, in conjunction with the Director of the Maine Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services and the 
Commissioner of Education, shall convene a working group to develop a long-term, 
evidence-based strategy to prevent obesity as a significant preventable risk factor for 
cancer; and be it further 
Sec. B-2.  Participants.  Resolved:  That the Commissioner of Health and 
Human Services shall invite the participation of various stakeholders in the working 
group under this Part; and be it further 
Sec. B-3.  Report.  Resolved:  That, by February 1, 2015, the Commissioner of 
Health and Human Services shall submit a written report of the working group's findings 
under this Part and any recommendations, including suggested legislation, to the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services 
matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
education matters.  The joint standing committees may each submit a bill to the First 
Regular Session of the 127th Legislature relating to the subject matter of the report. 
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve requires the Commission To Study the Incidence of and Mortality 
Related to Cancer to complete an interim report and extends the date for the final report 
to December 15, 2014. 
This resolve also directs the Commissioner of Health and Human Services, in 
conjunction with the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 
within the Department of Health and Human Services and the Commissioner of 
Education, to convene a working group to develop a long-term, evidenced-based strategy 
to prevent obesity as a significant risk factor for cancer.