Bill Text: OH HB51 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To create the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Commission.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-26 - To Health [HB51 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB51-Introduced.html
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Representative Miller
Cosponsors:
Representatives Pillich, Newcomb, Lundy, Okey, Yuko, Boyd, Oelslager, Winburn, Letson
| To enact section 3701.265 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| create the Triple Negative Breast Cancer | 2 |
| Commission. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 3701.265 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 3701.265. (A) As used in this section, "triple negative | 6 |
| breast cancer" means the subtype of breast cancer characterized by | 7 |
| cells that lack receptors for the hormones estrogen and | 8 |
| progesterone and the protein receptor known as the human epidermal | 9 |
| growth factor receptor2, or HER2, and therefore cannot be treated | 10 |
| with breast cancer drugs that target these receptors, including | 11 |
| such drugs as tamoxifen and trastuzumab. | 12 |
| (B) There is hereby created the triple negative breast cancer | 13 |
| commission for the following purposes: | 14 |
| (1) To gain a better understanding of why triple negative | 15 |
| breast cancer is more common among women who are African-American, | 16 |
| Hispanic, under forty years of age, and living in lower | 17 |
| socioeconomic conditions; | 18 |
| (2) To promote the study of triple negative breast cancer by | 19 |
| scientists and other researchers, physicians, and educators; | 20 |
| (3) To increase public awareness of triple negative breast | 21 |
| cancer. | 22 |
| (C) The director of health shall appoint the members of the | 23 |
| commission. The membership shall include individuals who are | 24 |
| familiar with triple negative breast cancer, including health care | 25 |
| professionals and individuals who have been personally affected by | 26 |
| the disease. | 27 |
| In making the appointments, the director shall specify the | 28 |
| length of each member's term. Members may be reappointed. | 29 |
| Members shall receive no compensation, except to the extent | 30 |
| that serving as a member is part of the individual's regular | 31 |
| duties of employment. | 32 |
| (D) The commission shall annually select from among its | 33 |
| members a chairperson. The commission shall meet at the call of | 34 |
| the chairperson, but not less than twice each year. A majority of | 35 |
| the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the | 36 |
| transaction of business. | 37 |
| (E) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not | 38 |
| apply to the commission. | 39 |
