§285a–7 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§285a–7 Prostate cancer

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Summary

The Institute's Director must expand, strengthen, and coordinate research on prostate cancer, working with the National Cancer Advisory Board. The Director also must coordinate with other NIH institutes and agencies that study related issues. The work must cover basic studies of causes, clinical studies of prevention, detection, and treatment, prevention and control and early‑detection efforts (including more study of prostate‑specific antigen screening), an Inter‑Institute Task Force to link NIH efforts, public information and education, and research centers that bring together basic, clinical, behavioral, and other scientists. The Director must carry out these programs under a written plan, review and update the plan periodically, and take expert advice and the Institute’s annual budget priorities into account. A copy of the plan was required to be sent by October 1, 1993, to the President’s Cancer Panel, the Secretary, and the NIH Director. Any revisions must also be sent to those three, and the Secretary must give copies of the plan and updates to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

Title 42, §285a–7

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(a)The Director of the Institute, in consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board, shall expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute with respect to research on prostate cancer.

(b)The Director of the Institute shall coordinate the activities of the Director under subsection (a) with similar activities conducted by other national research institutes and agencies of the National Institutes of Health to the extent that such Institutes 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. and agencies have responsibilities that are related to prostate cancer.

(c)(1)In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the Institute shall conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the cause of, and to find a cure for, prostate cancer. Activities under such subsection shall provide for an expansion and intensification of the conduct and support of—

(A)basic research concerning the etiology and causes of prostate cancer;

(B)clinical research and related activities concerning the causes, prevention, detection and treatment of prostate cancer;

(C)prevention and control and early detection programs with respect to prostate cancer in accordance with section 285a–1 of this title, particularly as it relates to intensifying research on the role of prostate specific antigen for the screening and early detection of prostate cancer;

(D)an Inter-Institute Task Force, under the direction of the Director of the Institute, to provide coordination between relevant National Institutes of Health components of research efforts on prostate cancer;

(E)control programs with respect to prostate cancer in accordance with section 285a–1 of this title;

(F)information and education programs with respect to prostate cancer in accordance with section 285a–2 of this title; and

(G)research and demonstration centers with respect to prostate cancer in accordance with section 285a–3 of this title, including the development and operation of centers for prostate cancer research to bring together basic and clinical, biomedical and behavioral scientists to conduct basic, clinical, epidemiological, psychosocial, prevention and control, treatment, research, and related activities on prostate cancer.

(2)(A)The Director of the Institute shall ensure that the research programs described in paragraph (1) are implemented in accordance with a plan for the programs. Such plan shall include comments and recommendations that the Director of the Institute considers appropriate, with due consideration provided to the professional judgment needs of the Institute as expressed in the annual budget estimate prepared in accordance with section 285a–2(9) 22 So in original. Probably should be section “285a–2(b)(9)”. of this title. The Director of the Institute, in consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board, shall periodically review and revise such plan.

(B)Not later than October 1, 1993, the Director of the Institute shall submit a copy of the plan to the President’s Cancer Panel, the Secretary, and the Director of NIH.

(C)The Director of the Institute shall submit any revisions of the plan to the President’s Cancer Panel, the Secretary, and the Director of NIH.

(D)The Secretary shall provide a copy of the plan submitted under subparagraph (A), and any revisions submitted under subparagraph (C), to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.

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Change of Name

Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999. Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred to Committee on Financial Services of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.