BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1329 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 11, 2011 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Felipe Fuentes, Chair AB 1329 (Davis) - As Amended: May 5, 2011 Policy Committee: HealthVote:19-0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No SUMMARY This bill changes the funding mechanism for the California Cancer Registry (CCR) from a contract to a competitive grant process. FISCAL EFFECT Negligible state fiscal effect. COMMENTS 1)Rationale . The sponsors of this bill, the Public Health Institute (PHI) and the University of Southern California (USC), indicate that the Department of Public Health has been denied permission to re-bid a contract to administer the CCR. The current DPH state contract to administer the CCR expires on June 30, 2012. According to the author and sponsors, this bill would remedy this administrative obstacle by allowing DPH the flexibility to maintain the competitive process through a grant instead, which will protect the flow of federal dollars and the integrity of the operations of the CCR. 2)Background . CCR is a collaborative effort among DPH, the PHI (the current non-profit contractor operating the central registry), regional registries, health care providers, cancer registrants, and cancer researchers. Since 1988, the CCR has collected data on over 3.8 million cases of cancer. The CCR provides aggregated cancer data for statistical purposes, and maintains a web-based inquiry tool where the public can access cancer data. The CCR also monitors the incidence and mortality of specific cancers over time, analyzes different cancer risks, and analyzes cancer by demographic and social AB 1329 Page 2 characteristics of the population. DPH contracts with a central registry, currently the PHI, and sub-contracts with regional registries. Analysis Prepared by : Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081