§1105.12. Louisiana Advisory Committee on Populations and Geographic Regions With
Excessive Cancer Rates; creation; membership; duties
A. The Louisiana Advisory Committee on Populations and Geographic Regions
With Excessive Cancer Rates is hereby created and shall be composed of the following
members:
(1)One member appointed by the Gulf South Tenants Association from the
membership of the Louisiana chapter.
(2)One member appointed by the Louisiana Medical Association from its
membership.
(3)One member appointed by the Louisiana Association of Black Social Workers
from its membership.
(4)Four persons appointed by the governor from the state at large who have
demonstrated an interest in efforts to combat and reduce the cancer rate in populations and
regions with excessive cancer rates, s
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§1105.12. Louisiana Advisory Committee on Populations and Geographic Regions With
Excessive Cancer Rates; creation; membership; duties
A. The Louisiana Advisory Committee on Populations and Geographic Regions
With Excessive Cancer Rates is hereby created and shall be composed of the following
members:
(1) One member appointed by the Gulf South Tenants Association from the
membership of the Louisiana chapter.
(2) One member appointed by the Louisiana Medical Association from its
membership.
(3) One member appointed by the Louisiana Association of Black Social Workers
from its membership.
(4) Four persons appointed by the governor from the state at large who have
demonstrated an interest in efforts to combat and reduce the cancer rate in populations and
regions with excessive cancer rates, subject to Senate confirmation.
(5) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the
House.
(6) One member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate.
B. Members shall serve four-year terms, except that of the initial members, three
members shall be appointed for four-year terms, two members shall be appointed for three-year terms, two members shall be appointed for two-year terms, and two members shall be
appointed for a one-year term. Terms of office of the initial members shall be determined
by lot at the initial meeting. Each nonlegislative member shall serve without compensation.
Each legislative member shall receive per diem and be reimbursed for expenses as provided
by the rules of the appropriate house. A vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled in the
manner of the original appointment.
C. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of all business.
D. The members of the committee shall elect from their membership a chairman and
a vice chairman.
E. The members shall be appointed and the initial meeting shall be held, on the call
of the committee member appointed from the House of Representatives, not later than
October 1, 1990.
F.(1) The committee shall review and study the current health status of populations
and residents of regions with excessive cancer rates, review the ability of such persons to
gain access to and utilize the health care system for cancer treatment, advise and consult with
the tumor registry in its efforts to gather data relative to and to assess factors contributing to
disparities in the health status of such populations and residents and other persons relative
to cancer, review existing research and service programs relative to cancer among Louisiana
residents, recommend strategies to redirect federal, state, local, and private resources and
programs to narrow the health differences between select populations and residents of certain
regions as related to cancer, suggest strategies by which the public and private sectors can
cooperate to bring about improvements in health status of Louisiana residents relative to
cancer, and encourage expanded participation in the tumor registry, cancer programs, and
cancer research.
(2) The committee may accept federal funds and funds from any private agency to
assist in carrying out the purposes of this Section.
(3) The committee shall make recommendations to and advise the secretary of the
Louisiana Department of Health and other appropriate department agencies and officers with
respect to the findings and recommendations of its studies as provided in this Subsection.
(4) The committee shall seek comment and review of its conclusions and findings
from appropriate scientific, medical, or health panels established by local chapters or
affiliates of national groups that may include but should not be limited to the following: the
Louisiana State Medical Society, the Louisiana Cancer Consortium, the Louisiana Cancer
Advisory Board, the National Cancer Institute, the American College of Epidemiology, the
U.S. Public Health Service, the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, the
American Cancer Society, etc. Final recommendations will be sent to the secretary of the
Louisiana Department of Health and other appropriate department agencies and officers as
provided in this Subsection.
(5) This committee shall not undertake to create new information or add original
research to the existing literature for this topic. Rather, the committee using all currently
available existing information systems, data bases, published and unpublished reports,
manuscripts, papers, and other documents shall make its nonbinding recommendations on
the basis of such previously existing information.