Sec. 503. Requirement that Department of Veterans Affairs share data with State cancer registries
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Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary shall share with the State cancer registry of each State, if such a registry exists, qualifying data for all individuals who are residents of the State and have received health care under the laws administered by the Secretary. In sharing data under paragraph
(1)with a State cancer registry, the Secretary shall comply with the requirements for non-Department facilities to report data, in a manner that is as complete and timely as possible, without requiring a data use agreement in place between the Department and each State cancer registry— to State cancer registries that are supported by the National Program of Cancer Registries of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under section 399B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280e ); to State cancer registries that are supported by the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute authorized under the National Cancer Act of 1971 ( Public Law 92–218 ); and to State cancer registries as set forth in relevant State laws and regulations that authorize a cancer registry. In this section, the term qualifying data , with respect to a State cancer registry, means all data required to be provided to the registry pursuant to the authorities specified in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of subsection (a)(2). . The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7330D the following new item: 7330E. Sharing of data with State cancer registries. . The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall assist State cancer registries described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of section 7330E(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), in facilitating, to the extent allowed under State laws regulating the cancer registry program, the sharing with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of data in the possession of each such registry regarding diagnosis of cancer for each veteran— enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment established and operated under section 1705(a) of such title; or registered to receive care from the Department of Veterans Affairs under section 17.37 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations.
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Requirement that Department of Veterans Affairs share data with State cancer registries
Pub. L.Pub. L. 92-218
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