Consider Approval of Draft Resolution 2019-16 Requesting North Carolina Legislation to support Senate Bill 297
Town Manager Jamie Justice
Summary:  Senate Bill 297, an act to direct the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to assemble a research advisory panel to study and develop recommendations on strategies for implementation of a research program to determine whether any clusters of cancer incidents exists within the state. Senate Bill 297 could provide an opportunity for further study of the multiple cases of Ocular Melanoma in the Lake Norman area, as well as any other potential cancer clusters throughout the state.