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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 118
(By Delegates Perdue, Hatfield, Eldridge, Lawrence, Marshall,
Perry, Poling, Rodigherio, Spencer, Staggers, Susman, Border
C. Miller, J. Miller and Rowan
)
[Originating in the Committee on Health and Human Resources;
Reported 2010.]
Requesting the Committee on Government and Finance to conduct a
study on the feasibility of and necessary steps toward having
the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center of West Virginia
University become a National Cancer Institute Designated
Cancer Center
.
W
HEREAS
, the State of West Virginia ranks either first or
second in the nation in tobacco consumption and obesity, and
WHEREAS, the State of West Virginia has significant
environmental exposures which lead to cancer, and
WHEREAS, West Virginia has the nation's fourth highest cancer
mortality rate, and
WHEREAS, the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center at West Virginia
University (MBRCC) is West Virginia's most comprehensive cancer
treatment, research and education facility; with a new $22 Million
expansion, a $90 Million investment in electronic medical
technology including a medical record and a chemotherapy-ordering
system, and two recently recruited nationally recognized cancer research scientists
,
and
WHEREAS, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has a program
called NCI-designated Cancer Centers which recognizes, through
substantial funding, cancer centers such as MRBCC for their
scientific excellence; for being a major source of discovery and
development of more effective approaches to cancer prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment; for delivering medical advances to
patients and their families; for educating health care
professionals and the public; for moving fundamental discoveries in
cancer from the laboratory to applications in people; for being a
focal point for cancer researchers, patients healthcare providers,
legislative bodies, the media, and the public; and for reaching out
to underserved populations, and
WHEREAS, An NCI designation brings academic and scientific
prestige not only to WVU but to the entire state of West Virginia,
which increases the prospects of leveraging additional support from
other finding sources,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby
requested to study
the feasibility of and necessary steps toward
having the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center of West Virginia
University become a National Cancer Institute Designated Cancer
Center
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2011, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts
of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.
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