PRINTER'S NO. 315
No. 292 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BUXTON,
CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, CURRY, FABRIZIO, LEVDANSKY, MARKOSEK,
MELIO, WASHINGTON, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
LEACH, LEDERER, S. MILLER, PISTELLA, YOUNGBLOOD AND THOMAS,
FEBRUARY 8, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
FEBRUARY 8, 2005
AN ACT
1 Providing for a designated percentage of tobacco litigation
2 Master Settlement Agreement funds to be utilized for breast
3 cancer research, for diagnosis and treatment of depression
4 and for an educational campaign to prevent and treat heart
5 disease.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Short title.
9 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Tobacco
10 Settlement Women's Health Act.
11 Section 2. Definitions.
12 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
13 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
14 context clearly indicates otherwise:
15 "Tobacco litigation Master Settlement Agreement." The Master
16 Settlement Agreement relating to tobacco litigation entered into
17 in 1998 by the Commonwealth and leading United States tobacco
1 product manufacturers.
2 Section 3. Set aside for research, treatment and educational
3 efforts.
4 Annually, one-third of all money received by the Commonwealth
5 under the tobacco litigation Master Settlement Agreement shall
6 be set aside for appropriation by the General Assembly for the
7 following:
8 (1) Breast cancer research.
9 (2) Diagnosis and treatment of depression.
10 (3) An educational campaign to raise public awareness
11 and to educate the general public, particularly women, about
12 the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
13 Section 10. Effective date.
14 This act shall take effect immediately.
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