HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 599, 892
PRINTER'S NO. 1324
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
609
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, ARGALL, SMITH,
RAFFERTY, SCARNATI, COSTA, VULAKOVICH, YUDICHAK, McILHINNEY,
VANCE, BLAKE, HAYWOOD, DINNIMAN, HUGHES, WILLIAMS AND BROWNE,
MARCH 6, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 19, 2015
AN ACT
Establishing a task force on prostate cancer and related chronic
prostate conditions; and providing for powers and duties of
the task force, the Department of Health, the Insurance
Department, the Department of Aging and the Department of
Human Services, and for prevention and education strategies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Prostate
Cancer Surveillance, Education, Detection and Treatment Act.
Section 2. Findings.
The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer
diagnosed in men in this Commonwealth.
(2) African-American men are 61% more likely than
Caucasian men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and twice
as likely to die from it.
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