Amendment #1081 to H3800

Prostate Cancer Research

Representatives Cassidy of Brockton, Cronin of Easton, Cahill of Lynn, Tucker of Salem, Vargas of Haverhill, Walsh of Peabody, Kafka of Stoughton, Ashe of Longmeadow, Barrett of North Adams, Connolly of Cambridge, Crocker of Barnstable, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Ferguson of Holden, Galvin of Canton, Garballey of Arlington, Mahoney of Worcester, Moran of Lawrence, Moran of Boston, Gifford of Wareham, Markey of Dartmouth, Haggerty of Woburn, Hecht of Watertown, Jones of North Reading, Linsky of Natick, Madaro of Boston, Muratore of Plymouth, Muradian of Grafton, DuBois of Brockton, Peake of Provincetown, Murray of Milford, O'Day of West Boylston, Poirier of North Attleborough, Capano of Lynn, Coppinger of Boston, Gordon of Bedford, González of Springfield, Cutler of Duxbury, Honan of Boston, Dykema of Holliston, Robertson of Tewksbury, McMurtry of Dedham, Hunt of Boston and Straus of Mattapoisett move to amend the bill in section 2, by striking out item 4590-0925, and inserting in place thereof the following item:

"4590-0925 For the costs of a prostate cancer awareness, education and research program focusing on men with African-American, Hispanic or Latino heritage, family history of the disease and other men at high risk; provided, that the department of public health shall oversee and manage said program and shall grant not less than eighty-five per cent of funds from this item to a non-profit AdMeTech foundation-led Prostate Cancer Action Council that shall leverage existing partnerships with other state-funded nonprofit research organizations and current and past federally, state and privately funded prostate cancer programs aimed at saving lives, improving quality of life and reducing health care costs……..$1,250,000”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1081 to H3800

Prostate Cancer Research