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SENATE 382115th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018

Last Action
4/25/2018

Actions

  • 2018-04-25Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.
  • 2018-04-25Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  • 2018-04-25Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  • 2018-04-24Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2017-02-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • 2017-02-15Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2017-02-15 (00)

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017

This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary registry of firefighters to collect history and occupational information that can be linked to existing data in state cancer registries. The registry must be used to improve monitoring of cancer among firefighters and to collect and publish epidemiological information regarding cancer 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) develop a strategy to maximize participation in the registry; (2) develop guidance for states and firefighting agencies regarding the registry; (3) encourage inclusion in the registry of data on minority, female, and volunteer firefighters; and (4) seek feedback on the registry from nonfederal experts.

The CDC must develop a process for making registry data available for research without a fee if findings or publications from the research are made public or available to stakeholders.

Cosponsors (20)

  • Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
  • Marco Rubio (R-FL)
  • Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
  • Edward Markey (D-MA)
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
  • Steve Daines (R-MT)
  • Cory Booker (D-NJ)
  • Al Franken (D-MN)
  • Charles Schumer (D-NY)
  • JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ)
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
  • Jon Tester (D-MT)
  • CLARENCE NELSON (D-FL)
  • Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
  • Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
  • Susan Collins (R-ME)
  • Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
  • Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
  • Christopher Coons (D-DE)
  • Joe Donnelly (D-IN)

Subjects

  • Cancer
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Government information and archives
  • Health information and medical records
  • Medical research
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Minority health
  • Personnel records
  • State and local government operations
  • Women's health
  • Worker safety and health
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