HB 1970

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
1970
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII
S.D. 1
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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1.� The legislature finds that for over
fifty years, the Hawaii tumor registry of the university of Hawaii cancer
center has served as a vital public health and research resource for the State
and provides support for statutorily mandated cancer surveillance.� The Hawaii tumor registry is part of the
National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program,
which provides approximately eighty per cent of the Hawaii tumor registry's
funding, with the remaining twenty per cent coming from the university of
Hawaii cancer center in compliance with the federal contract's twenty per cent
minimum cost-share requirement.
���� The
legislature further finds that restrictions in federal funding jeopardize the
ability of the Hawaii tumor registry to continue to provide robust cancer
surveillance that is critical to the health of the State's residents.� Due to an overall reduction in National
Institutes of Health funding, the Hawaii tumor registry faces a twenty-one per
cent reduction in federal funding.� This
reduction in funding will be exacerbated by university of Hawaii cancer center
funding restrictions, which will negatively impact its ability to meet the
twenty per cent cost sharing requirement.
���� The
legislature additionally finds that the Hawaii tumor registry has consistently
been recognized as a top-performing cancer registry in the United States and
across North America.� The impact of the
Hawaii tumor registry on the health of Hawaii's residents has been far ranging,
and includes working with the department of health to investigate suspected
cancer clusters associated with a wide range of exposures, evaluating the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in the State, and direct
contributions to national cancer research, early detection efforts, and
lifesaving legislative initiatives such as the Childhood Cancer STAR Act of
2018 and the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer.
���� Accordingly,
the purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to the university of Hawaii
cancer center to support the ongoing work of the Hawaii tumor registry.
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2.� There is appropriated out of the university
of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund the sum of
$  or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the university of
Hawaii cancer center to support the operations of the Hawaii tumor registry, to
be expended as follows:
���� (1)� $
to offset reductions in federal funding;
���� (2)� $
to cover the mandatory minimum twenty per cent cost sharing for federal funding;
���� (3)� $
for the tumor biorepository; and
���� (4)� $
for statewide pathology reporting software.
���� The sum
appropriated shall be expended by the university of Hawaii for the purposes of
this Act.
���� SECTION 3.� This Act shall take effect on July 31, 2055.
Report Title:
University
of Hawaii Cancer Center; Hawaii Tumor Registry; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates
funds for the University of Hawaii Cancer Center's Hawaii Tumor Registry.� Effective 7/31/2055.� (SD1)
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