130th Ohio General Assembly
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S. B. No. 106  As Introduced
As Introduced

127th General Assembly
Regular Session
2007-2008
S. B. No. 106


Senator Mason 

Cosponsors: Senators Miller, D., Boccieri, Morano, Fedor, Miller, R. 



A BILL
To create the task force to study cancer death rates among African Americans in Ohio.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. There is hereby created in the Department of Health the task force to study cancer death rates among African Americans in Ohio. Members of the task force shall include the President of Central State University or the President's appointee, the Executive Director of the James Cancer Hospital or the Director's appointee, and the Executive Director of University Hospitals of Cleveland or the Director's appointee. The Director of Health shall appoint the remaining members of the task force.
Not more than two years after the effective date of this section the task force shall submit a report to the members of the General Assembly. The report shall discuss reasons why the cancer death rate among African Americans in Ohio is thirty-two per cent higher than the cancer death rate among Caucasians in Ohio. After submitting the report the task force shall cease to exist.
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