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| 2015 -- H 6047 Enacted 04/07/2015 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| CELEBRATING "NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRARS WEEK" ON APRIL 6TH THROUGH THE 10TH, 2015, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
| Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, Azzinaro, Ucci, Shekarchi, and Kennedy |
| Date Introduced: April 07, 2015 |
| WHEREAS, Cancer Registrars are health care professionals and data management |
| experts who collect and maintain data on persons diagnosed with this devastating disease; and |
| WHEREAS, Cancer Registrars work in a variety of cancer treatment and research |
| settings and manage a wide range of demographic and medical data on those with cancer; and |
| WHEREAS, The collected data informs cancer research, prevention, and treatment |
| programs; and |
| WHEREAS, The information is both submitted to and utilized by state and national |
| cancer registries to enable cancer programs to accurately determine cancer patient populations, |
| measure outcomes or treatment and survival, and formulate plans for improvement; and |
| WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Statewide Cancer Registry operates under the auspices of |
| the Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI), which maintains the statewide cancer registry |
| (RICR); and |
| WHEREAS, Funded by the Rhode Island Department of Health and the National |
| Program for Cancer Registries of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HARI not only |
| collects and maintains data related to Rhode Island's cancer patient population, but also provides |
| support to hospital tumor registries and promotes the American College of Surgeons-approved |
| cancer programs in acute care hospitals throughout the state; and |
| WHEREAS, Rhode Island has more than twenty-five cancer registrars operating across |
| the state. The information collected and compiled by these dedicated and determined |
| professionals is helping to improve diagnosis, treatment, and prevention efforts for many Rhode |
| Islanders; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
| Providence Plantations hereby celebrates "National Cancer Registrars Week" on April 6th |
| through April 10th, 2015. We furthermore recognize and applaud the accomplishments of the |
| Rhode Island Cancer Registry and extend our gratitude for its efforts in fighting cancer in Rhode |
| Island and across the nation; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Gina Raimondo, Governor of the |
| State of Rhode Island, and the Hospital Association of Rhode Island. |
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