| Sec. 1. Study of clinical trials; posting of Internet links. Resolved: That the |
Department of Health and Human Services shall study the accessibility of |
information regarding the results of certain clinical trials of |
pharmaceuticals, treatment options and medical devices and the enrollment |
of certain persons in those trials. The study must include a review of |
the registration of clinical trials with the website developed by the |
National Library of Medicine as a service of the United States National |
Institutes of Health to provide regularly updated information about |
federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers |
and access to the results of those trials for physicians, health care |
providers and the public. The study must include a review of the |
enrollment as subjects of persons enrolled at institutions of higher |
education in the State, persons incarcerated at correctional facilities |
within the State, persons hospitalized at state mental health institutes |
and persons receiving medical treatment reimbursed in whole or in part |
with state funds. By January 30, 2006, the department shall report to |
the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services the results of |
the study. By November 15, 2005, the Department of Health and Human |
Services shall post on its website links to public information regarding |
clinical trials of pharmaceuticals, treatment options and medical |
devices. |