| 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. |
