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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - CLINICAL

TRIALS WEBSITE

     

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Ackerman, Shanley, Newberry, and
Solomon

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2019

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 23-1 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Health" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     23-1-1.4. Rhode Island clinical trials website.

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     The department of health shall post and maintain on its website a link to

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ClinicalTrials.gov, a free service of the National Institutes of Health provided through the

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National Library of Medicine.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - CLINICAL

TRIALS WEBSITE

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     This act would require the state department of health to post and maintain on its website a

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link to ClinicalTrials.gov, a free service of the National Institutes of Health Library of Medicine.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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