§5.12. Cancer investigation and intervention
A. Cancer control is hereby declared to be an urgent public health priority of this
state.
B. The state health officer and the office of public health of the Louisiana
Department of Health are hereby authorized to operate a program of cancer investigation and
subsequent intervention if sufficient funding is available for this purpose.
C. The source of monies for the cancer investigation and intervention program
provided for in this Section may be any appropriation by the legislature, including
appropriations of federal funds; appropriations from the Health Excellence Fund created by
Article VII, Section 10.8(A)(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and appropriations from the
Louisiana Fund created by Article VII, Section 10.9(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana; any
public or private donations, gifts, or grants from individuals, corporations, nonprofit
organizations, or other business entities; and any other monies which may be provided by
law.
D. The state health officer and the office of public health of the Louisiana
Department of Health shall engage and collaborate with the Louisiana Tumor Registry, the
Louisiana Cancer Research Center, and the Louisiana Advisory Committee on Populations
and Geographic Regions With Excessive Cancer Rates in administering the cancer
investigation and intervention program provided for in this Section.
E. The program provided for in this Section shall be conducted in addition to the
activities of, and shall not replace or supplant, the Louisiana Cancer Prevention and Control
Programs of the School of Public Health of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center-New Orleans.
Acts 2017, No. 373, §1.