HR 9131 2003
1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the creation of the Florida
3	Dialogue on Cancer.
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5	WHEREAS, with many of the state's populations experiencing
6	financial and cultural barriers to accessing cancer care,
7	Florida ranks second in the nation in cancer mortality, having
8	sustained 92,200 new cases of cancer and 39,900 cancer-related
9	deaths in 2002, and
10	WHEREAS, Florida is 19th among the states in receiving
11	grants and awards from the National Cancer Institute, totaling
12	approximately $31.6 million, yet other states that rank close to
13	Florida in cancer burden receive significantly more grant and
14	award funding from the institute, and
15	WHEREAS, the expansion of biomedical research has the
16	potential to yield large growth in Florida’s economy, and every
17	dollar spent on biomedical research may generate two-and-one-
18	half times the spending back into the state by biotechnology and
19	pharmaceutical firms, and
20	WHEREAS, there exists an opportunity to gather the state’s
21	leaders from health care, cancer control, government, business
22	and community-based organizations to collectively address
23	Florida’s cancer disparities through a public-private nonprofit
24	collaborative partnership and to create a foundation that could
25	significantly change the face and scope of cancer research and
26	provide access to cancer screening and diagnostic and treatment
27	services to all of Florida's residents, and
28	WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society, Florida Division, is
29	positioned to create, lead, and sponsor such a collaboration of
30	leaders, NOW, THEREFORE,
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32	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
33	Florida:
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35	That the House of Representatives recognizes the creation
36	of the Florida Dialogue on Cancer sponsored by the Florida
37	Division of the American Cancer Society and supports this bold
38	new statewide initiative to systematically win Florida's fight
39	against cancer.