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2012 -- H 7857 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE RHODE ISLAND CONGRESSIONAL | |
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DELEGATION INTRODUCE LEGISLATION MAKING IT A CRIME OF MANSLAUGHTER | |
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FOR A DRUG COMPANY TO REFUSE TO MANUFACTURE CANCER DRUGS DUE TO | |
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PROFIT MOTIVATIONS | |
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Introduced By: Representative Charlene Lima | |
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Date Introduced: February 28, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Judiciary | |
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WHEREAS, Millions of American citizens, including children, suffer from cancer. For |
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many of these sufferers, their survivability is at the mercy of their access to life-preserving drug |
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medications; and |
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WHEREAS, One example of a dire situation is the current shortage of the cancer drug |
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Methotrexate, a drug that often represents the difference between life and death for millions of |
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children suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, as well as a type of bone cancer called |
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Osteogenic Sarcoma. Many hospitals around the nation are once perilously close to running out |
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of Methotrexate; and |
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WHEREAS, Shortages can occur when a single manufacturer produces a certain drug |
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and then shuts down temporarily. A shortage may also take place when a drug manufacturer fails |
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to produce medication in large quantities because of small profit margins; and |
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WHEREAS, Shortages in the supply of cancer medications that result from drug |
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manufacturers’ decisions to maximize their profits and that lead to the deaths of innocent patients |
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should be treated as a crime. Lives are literally at stake and it is beyond reprehensible for any |
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drug company to not produce these drugs due to concerns over profits; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby respectfully requests that the Rhode Island Congressional |
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Delegation introduce legislation making it a crime of manslaughter if a cancer patient dies as a |
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result of a drug company’s refusal to manufacture a cancer drug due to profit motivations; and be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the members of the Rhode Island Congressional |
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Delegation. |
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