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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - - THE RHODE ISLAND LUPUS EDUCATION

AND AWARENESS PLAN

     Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, McNamara, Williams, Slater, and Tanzi

     Date Introduced: March 27, 2013

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 23-87-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-87 entitled "The Rhode

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Island Lupus Education and Awareness Plan" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     23-87-4. Establishment of the lupus study commission. -- (a) The director of the

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department of health shall establish and coordinate a study commission on lupus consisting of

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nine (9) eleven (11) members, all of whom shall be appointed by the director of the department of

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health. The first chairperson shall be a representative of the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

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New England and shall serve for a two (2) year term. Subsequent chairpersons shall be elected by

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the membership of the study commission from among its members.

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      (b) The commission shall be composed of:

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      (1) Two (2) Three (3) individuals with lupus;

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      (2) One scientist with experience in lupus and who participates in various fields of

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scientific endeavor, including, but not limited to, biomedical research, social, translational,

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behavioral or epidemiological research recommended by the medical and scientific council of the

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Lupus Foundation of America, Inc;

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      (3) Two (2) physicians with experience in treating people with lupus and recommended

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by the Rhode Island medical society;

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      (4) One nurse practitioner with experience in treating people with lupus and

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recommended by the Rhode Island nurse practitioners' council;

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      (5) One local representative from the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. and one

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representative from the Lupus Foundation of New England;

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      (6) One representative recommended by the department of health's minority health

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advisory committee; and

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      (7) One representative recommended by the women's health council of Rhode Island.

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      (c) All appointments to the study commission shall be made not later than sixty (60) days

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after the effective date of this chapter. Members of the commission shall serve terms of two (2)

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years. A member may be appointed to serve not more than two (2) terms, whether or not

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consecutive.

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      (d) The commission shall meet at the call of the chair and no less than on a quarterly

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basis each year.

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      (e) Five (5) Six (6) members of the study commission shall constitute a quorum. A

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majority vote of a quorum shall be required for any official action of the study commission.

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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 - - THE RHODE ISLAND LUPUS EDUCATION

AND AWARENESS PLAN

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     This act would increase the composition of the lupus study commission from nine (9)

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members to eleven (11) members, by including another individual with lupus and a representative

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from the Lupus Foundation of New England.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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