FINAL BILL REPORT

                 HJM 4004

                    As Passed Legislature

Brief Description:  Urging support of prostate cancer research.

Sponsors:  Representatives Dickerson, Cody, Skinner, O'Brien, Veloria, Kessler, McIntire, Wood, Lovick, Romero, Conway, Ruderman, Hurst and Kenney.

House Committee on Health Care

Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

Background:  Based on national cancer research:  Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers of American men; it is estimated that in 1999, about 179,300 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States; prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, exceeded only by lung cancer; 37,000 men in the United States are projected to die of this disease during 1999; and African-American men have the highest incidence of prostate cancer of any population of men in the world today.

Summary:  President Clinton and Congress are asked to support increased federal funding for prostate cancer research.

Votes on Final Passage:

House970

Senate470