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11 Senator Klein moved the following substitute for amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 3. Florida Cancer Research Cooperative.--
19 (1) Effective July 1, 2003, the Florida Cancer
20 Research Cooperative is established for the purpose of making
21 the State of Florida a world class center for cancer research.
22 (2)(a) A not-for-profit corporation, acting as an
23 instrumentality of the Florida Dialogue on Cancer, shall be
24 organized for the purpose of governing the affairs of the
25 cooperative.
26 (b) The Florida Cancer Research Cooperative, Inc., may
27 create not-for-profit corporate subsidiaries to fulfill its
28 mission. The not-for-profit corporation and its subsidiaries
29 are authorized to receive, hold, invest, and administer
30 property and any moneys acquired from private, local, state,
31 and federal sources, as well as technical and professional
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1 income generated or derived from the mission-related
2 activities of the cooperative.
3 (c) The affairs of the not-for-profit corporation
4 shall be managed by a board of directors which shall consist
5 of:
6 1. The Secretary of the Department of Health or his or
7 her designee;
8 2. The Chief Executive Officer of the H. Lee Moffitt
9 Cancer Center or his or her designee;
10 3. The President of the University of Florida Shands
11 Cancer Center or his or her designee;
12 4. The Chief Executive Officer of the University of
13 Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center or his or her
14 designee;
15 5. The Chief Executive Officer of the Mayo Clinic,
16 Jacksonville or his or her designee;
17 6. The Chief Executive Officer of the American Cancer
18 Society, Florida Division or his or her designee;
19 7. The President of the American Cancer Society,
20 Florida Division Board of Directors or his or her designee;
21 8. The President of the Florida Society of Clinical
22 Oncology or his or her designee;
23 9. The Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Florida,
24 Inc., or his or her designee;
25 10. Three representatives from large Florida hospitals
26 or institutions, not delineated in subparagraphs 1. through
27 6., that treat a large volume of cancer patients. One shall be
28 appointed by the Governor, one shall be appointed by the
29 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one shall be
30 appointed by the President of the Senate;
31 11. Three representatives from community-based,
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1 statewide organizations serving populations that experience
2 cancer disparities, one of whom shall be appointed by the
3 Governor, one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
4 House of Representatives, and one of whom shall be appointed
5 by the President of the Senate;
6 12. One member of the Florida House of
7 Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House
8 of Representatives;
9 13. One member of the Florida Senate, to be appointed
10 by the President of the Senate;
11 14. Three university presidents, one of whom shall be
12 appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be appointed by
13 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one of whom
14 shall be appointed by the President of the Senate; and
15 15. Five representatives from other statewide public
16 health organizations whose missions include public education
17 and the eradication of cancer, three of whom shall be
18 appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be appointed by
19 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one of whom
20 shall be appointed by the President of the Senate.
21 (d) Appointments made by the Speaker of the House of
22 Representatives and the President of the Senate pursuant to
23 paragraph (c) shall be for 2-year terms, concurrent with the
24 bienniums in which they serve as presiding officers.
25 (e) Appointments made by the Governor pursuant to
26 paragraph (c) shall be for 2-year terms, although the Governor
27 may reappoint directors.
28 (f) Members of the board of directors of the
29 not-for-profit corporation or any subsidiaries shall serve
30 without compensation.
31 (3) The cooperative shall issue an annual report to
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1 the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
2 the President of the Senate, by December 15 of each year, with
3 policy and funding recommendations regarding cancer research
4 capacity in Florida and related issues.
5 Section 4. Florida Cancer Research Cooperative;
6 mission and duties.--
7 (1) The cooperative shall develop and centralize the
8 processes and shared services for expanding cancer research in
9 Florida through:
10 (a) Support through bioinformatics, in order to create
11 a cancer informatics infrastructure that enhances information
12 and resource exchange and integration through researchers
13 working in diverse disciplines to facilitate the full spectrum
14 of cancer investigations;
15 (b) Technical coordination, business development, and
16 support of intellectual property;
17 (c) Development of a statewide cancer clinical trials
18 network as contemplated in section 1; and
19 (d) Other multidisciplinary research support
20 activities.
21 (2) The cooperative shall work in concert with the
22 Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease created in
23 section 1 to ensure that the goals of the center are advanced.
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29 And the title is amended as follows:
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2 creating the Florida Cancer Research
3 Cooperative; providing for a board of
4 directors; providing the cooperative's mission
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