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To enact section 3701.265 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
create the Triple Negative Breast Cancer | 2 |
Commission. | 3 |
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 receptor, 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 |
(D) The commission shall annually select from among its | 30 |
members a chairperson. The commission shall meet at the call of | 31 |
the chairperson, but not less than twice each year. A majority of | 32 |
the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the | 33 |
transaction of business. | 34 |
(E) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not | 35 |
apply to the commission. | 36 |