Resolve, To Direct the Department of Health and Human Services To Convene a Task Force To Study the Incidence of Cancer in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1032
Committee Amendment CA_A_H344 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 727, L.D. 1032, "Resolve, To Direct 
the Department of Health and Human Services To Convene a Task Force To Study the 
Incidence of Cancer in the State" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study the Incidence of and Mortality 
Related to Cancer' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Commission established. Resolved: That the Commission To Study 
the Incidence of and Mortality Related to Cancer, referred to in this resolve as "the 
commission," is established; and be it further 
Sec.2. Commission membership. Resolved: That the commission consists of 
no more than 13 members appointed as follows: 
1. The President of the Senate shall: 
A. Appoint 3 members of the Senate, including a member from each of the 2 parties 
holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature. The President of the Senate 
shall give a preference in making one of the appointments to a member who serves on 
the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services; and 
B. Appoint one person representing the Department of Health and Human Services, 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and one person representing a 
statewide public health organization; and 
2. 
The Speaker ofthe House of Representatives shall: 
A. Appoint 4 members of the House of Representatives, including members from 
each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature. The 
Speaker of the House shall give a preference in making one of the appointments to a 
member who serves on the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services; 
and 
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B. One person representing a statewide organization of medical professionals, one 
person representing a statewide voluntary nonprofit health organization that 
represents cancer patients, one person who possesses expertise in cancer research or 
epidemiology and one person who possesses expertise in the subject matter of the 
study; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Chairs. Resolved: That the first-named Senate member is the Senate 
chair and the first-named House of Representatives member is the House chair of the 
commission; and be it further 
Sec. 4. 
Appointments; convening of commission. 
Resolved: 
That all 
appointments must be made no later than 10 days following the effective date of this 
resolve. The appointing authorities shall notify the Executive Director of the Legislative 
Council once all appointments have been made. The chairs of the commission shall call 
and convene the first meeting of the commission within 15 days of the effective date of 
this resolve. If a majority of but not all appointments have been made within 10 days of 
the effective date of this resolve, the chairs may request authority and the Legislative 
Council may grant authority for the commission to meet and conduct its business; and be 
it further 
Sec. 5. Meeting. Resolved: That the commission is authorized to meet up to 6 
times to accomplish its duties; and be it further 
Sec. 6. Duties. Resolved: That the commission shall review the State's above-
average rates of cancer incidence and mortality and the State's current cancer prevention, 
detection and treatment goals and priorities. 
The commission shall gather information and data from public and private entities as 
necessary to: 
1. Identify or review the State's current priorities and goals to reduce the incidence 
of and mortality from cancer; 
2. Identify the types of cancer with the highest incidence and mortality in the State, 
including the types of cancer whose incidence and mortality rates differ the most from 
national averages; 
3. Identify the risk factors, including preventable lifestyle risk factors such as 
tobacco use, diet, exercise and obesity, related to high relative rates of the incidence of 
and mortality from cancer; 
4. Identify the extent to which barriers to health care in the State contribute to 
cancer mortality; 
5. Make recommendations for legislative strategies to reduce the State's cancer 
incidence and mortality; and 
6. 
Make recommendations for how current state programs could further assist 
citizens through education and cancer prevention programs; and be it further 
Sec. 7. Cooperation. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Health and Human 
Services and the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention within 
the Department of Health and Human Services, the Commissioner of Administrative and 
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Financial Services and the Commissioner of Education, and any other relevant 
department, shall provide infonnation and data to the commission as necessary for its 
work, within existing resources; and be it further 
Sec. 8. Staff assistance. Resolved: That the Legislative Council may provide 
necessary staffing services to the commission; and be it further 
Sec. 9. Report. Resolved: That, no later than December 4,2013, the commission 
shall submit a 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.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment retains the 
duties of the task force proposed in the resolve and changes that task force into the 
Commission To Study the Incidence of and Mortality Related to Cancer. 
This 
amendment provides for appointments of 13 members by the President of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the House. This amendment directs the commissioners of several state 
agencies to provide information and data to the commission. This amendment authorizes 
the Legislative Council to provide staffing to the commission. This amendment directs 
the commission to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human 
Services by December 4,2013. 
FISCAL :\OTE REQUIRED 
!~ee attached) 
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LD 1032 
LR 1469(02) 
Resolve, To Direct the Department of Health and Human Services To Convene a Task Force To Study 
the Incidence of Cancer in the State 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ft' (!-l-3#) 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
. Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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