(a) The Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control has the following responsibilities: (1) To recommend to the Secretary a plan for the statewide implementation of an interagency comprehensive coordinated cancer control program; (2) To identify and examine the limitations and problems associated with existing laws, regulations, programs, and services related to cancer control; (3) To examine the financing and access to cancer control services for North Carolina's citizens, and advise the Secretary on a coordinated and efficient use of resources; (4) To identify and review health promotion and disease prevention strategies relating to the leading causes of cancer mortality and morbidity; (5) To recommend standards for: a. Oversight and development of cancer control services; b. Development and maintenance of interagency training and technical assistance in the provision of cancer control services; c. Program monitoring and data collection; d. Statewide evaluation of locally based cancer control programs; e. Coordination of funding sources for cancer control programs; and f. Procedures for awarding grants to local agencies providing cancer control services. (b) The Committee shall submit a written report not later than May 1, 1994, and not later than October 1 of each subsequent year, to the Secretary. The report shall address the progress in implementation of a cancer control program. The report shall include an accounting of funds expended and anticipated funding needs for full implementation of recommended programs.
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