Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (26 Feb 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
What this bill does
H.R. 4625, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016, would require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create and manage a voluntary system for collecting data on cancer among firefighters. This registry would track cancer rates and trends, including information on the types of fires firefighters attend, their years on the job, and other risk factors.
The CDC would gather this information by potentially adding questions to existing health surveys and databases. The bill specifically directs the CDC to encourage the inclusion of data from minority, female, and volunteer firefighters and to seek input from outside experts on how to improve the registry.
This bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in February 2016 and has not advanced beyond that stage. If passed, it would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out these requirements.
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Official summary
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary patient registry to monitor, collect, and make available epidemiological information related to cancer incidence and trends among firefighters. The CDC should seek to include specified information in the registry, including the number and type of fire incidents attended by an individual.
To collect information for the registry, the CDC may incorporate questions into existing public health surveys, questionnaires, and other databases.
The CDC must: (1) encourage the inclusion in the registry of data on minority, female, and volunteer firefighters; and (2) seek feedback on the registry from nonfederal experts.
The CDC must develop an approval process for making registry data available for research without a fee if findings or publications derived from the research are made public or available to stakeholders.
Timeline
26 Feb 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 4625 do?
- H.R. 4625, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016, would require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create and manage a voluntary system for collecting data on cancer among firefighters. This registry would track cancer rates and trends, including information on the types of fires firefighters attend, their years on the job, and other risk factors. The CDC would gather this information by potentially adding questions to existing health surveys and databases. The bill specifically directs the CDC to encourage the inclusion of data from minority, female, and volunteer firefighters and to seek input from outside experts on how to improve the registry. This bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in February 2016 and has not advanced beyond that stage. If passed, it would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out these requirements.
- Has H.R. 4625 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 4625. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 4625?
- H.R. 4625 was sponsored by Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] (R-NY), with 118 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 4625?
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (26 Feb 2016).
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