South Carolina H 3836: Connie Maxwell 130th anniversary

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2025-2026 Bill 3836 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 30, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3836

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A house RESOLUTION

TO ENCOURAGE ST. 
JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDHOOD 
CANCER TASK FORCE, THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF THE STATE, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE 
STAKEHOLDERS TO UNDERTAKE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A ST. JUDE AFFILIATE 
PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, since 1962, 
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in its commitment to Danny Thomas' motto 
that "no child should die in the dawn of life" has transformed how the world 
treats childhood cancers through cutting-edge research, innovative clinical 
trials, and exceptional care, offers one of the nation's largest sickle cell 
treatment programs in its effort to cure sickle cell and childhood blood 
disorders, and is on the forefront of research and treatments to change 
outcomes for life-threatening childhood diseases; and

Whereas, located in 
Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has founded affiliate 
programs comprised of a network of clinics, hospitals, and universities that 
work closely with St. Jude to provide expert, compassionate care and treatment 
closer to a patient's home, allowing families to take part in clinical trials 
and receive follow-up and supportive care. Currently, the closest affiliate 
program locations to the State of South Carolina are Charlotte, North Carolina, 
and Johnson City, Tennessee; and

Whereas, in September 
2024, the South Carolina Childhood Cancer Taskforce released its first 
childhood cancer report titled "Childhood Cancer in South Carolina: 25-Year 
Trends in Incidence, Survival and Mortality." While the report identified many 
positive trends, it also outlined areas in which the State must improve, 
including an overall increase in the incidence of childhood cancer, 
specifically for leukemia and lymphoma; and

Whereas, the Childhood 
Cancer Taskforce represents a coalition of stakeholders including the South 
Carolina Department of Public Health, the South Carolina Children's Hospital 
Collaborative, the University of South Carolina, and the South Carolina Cancer 
Alliance, with the nonprofit hospital collaborative comprised of the four 
children's hospitals in the State: Prisma Health Children's Hospital- Upstate, 
McLeod Children's Hospital, MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, and Prisma 
Health Children's Hospital - Midlands. Through this taskforce, the state's medical 
schools and their affiliated teaching hospitals located in the Midlands, 
Upstate, and Lowcountry, quality hospital systems such as Roper St. Francis 
Healthcare and Trident Health, and a comprehensive sickle cell disease program 
housed in the Midlands with satellite offices in smaller communities, the State 
is well positioned to make even greater strides toward addressing the negative childhood 
cancer trends and to ensure that any child in the Palmetto State diagnosed with 
cancer or another life-threatening illness receives exceptional care and 
survives their diagnosis; and

Whereas, a partnership 
between St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the State to create an 
affiliate program in South Carolina could harness the capabilities of the state's 
existing taskforces, collaboratives, medical schools, and healthcare facilities, 
already working to cure childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases in 
the Palmetto State as well as help St. Jude in its mission to provide world-class, 
compassionate care and treatment closer to a patient's home. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, encourage 
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the members of the South Carolina 
Childhood Cancer Task Force, the medical schools and hospitals of the State, 
and other appropriate stakeholders to undertake efforts to establish and 
operate a St. Jude affiliate program in the State of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research 
Hospital Executive Vice President, Clinical Director, and Physician-in-Chief; James 
R. Downing, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital President and Chief 
Executive Officer; Robert R. Clark, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Chief 
Government Affairs Officer; Anna Hoppmann, MD, South Carolina Childhood Cancer 
Taskforce Chair; David J. Cole, MD, MUSC President; Gerald Harmon, MD, USC 
School of Medicine Columbia Interim Dean; Phyllis MacGilvray, MD, USC School of 
Medicine Greenville Dean; Joseph DeLeon, Roper St. Francis Healthcare President 
and Chief Executive Officer; and Jeff Wilson, Trident Healt