Consortium History

Senate Bill 73

To address these issues, the Louisiana State Legislature, during the 2002 Special Session, passed legislation to create the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium of New Orleans. This Consortium provides a structure in which Tulane University Health Sciences Center and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - the state's two leading medical research institutions - will work together and coordinate cancer research development in preparation for recognition as a National Cancer Institute (NCI)- Designated Cancer Center.

House Bill 157

During the 2002 Regular Legislative Session, the Louisiana State Legislature passed a 12-cent increase in the tax on a pack of cigarettes, three cents of which would fund infrastructure and cancer research program development for the new Consortium. Conservative estimates indicate that approximately $10 million per year will be generated from this revenue source.