Ken Maddy California Cancer Registry.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a statewide system for the collection of information determining the incidence of cancer, known as the Ken Maddy California Cancer Registry. Existing law requires a hospital or other facility providing therapy to cancer patients and a physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, or other health care practitioner diagnosing or providing treatment for cancer patients to report each case of cancer to the department or the authorized representative of the department in a format prescribed by the department. Information collected pursuant to these provisions is confidential. This bill would require the department to send an informational brochure about the Ken Maddy California Cancer Registry to every patient when the patient is entered into the registry. .