Pennsylvania Act 1992-67 — PENNSYLVANIA CANCER CONTROL, PREVENTION AND RESEARCH ACT - AMEND

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PENNSYLVANIA CANCER CONTROL, PREVENTION AND RESEARCH ACT - AMEND
                  Act of Jun. 30, 1992, P.L. 334, No. 67              Cl. 35
                             Session of 1992
                               No. 1992-67

     HB 2482

                                  AN ACT

     Amending the act of December 18, 1980 (P.L.1241, No.224),
        entitled "An act creating the Pennsylvania Cancer Control,
        Prevention and Research Advisory Board, providing
        authorization for the Secretary of Health, upon the
        recommendation of the Pennsylvania Cancer Control, Prevention
        and Research Advisory Board, to award grants and contracts
        for cancer control, prevention and research to associations
        organized in Pennsylvania and to governmental agencies in
        Pennsylvania," further providing for the use of cancer
        registry information; and extending the expiration date.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Sections 6(c) and 7 of the act of December 18,
     1980 (P.L.1241, No.224), known as the Pennsylvania Cancer
     Control, Prevention and Research Act, reenacted and amended
     November 25, 1988 (P.L.1086, No.126), are amended to read:
      Section 6.  Cancer registry.
        * * *
        (c)  The reports required pursuant to this act shall be
     confidential and not open to public inspection or dissemination.
     This shall not restrict the collection and analysis of data by
     the Department of Health or those with whom the department
     contracts, nor shall it restrict the department from permitting
     the use of the reports and data contained therein for research
     purposes, subject to strict supervision by the Department of
     Health to insure that the use of the reports is limited to
     specific research purposes.
      Section 7.  Sunset provisions.
        With the exception of section 6, this act shall expire on
     June 30, [1992] 1996, unless otherwise extended by an act of the
     General Assembly.
        Section 2.  This act shall be retroactive to June 30, 1992,
     if enacted after that date.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

     APPROVED--The 30th day of June, A. D. 1992.

     ROBERT P. CASEY