NC H89

Designates September of each year as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in North Carolina by adding § 103-16 to Chapter 103 of the General Statutes

Cites that childhood cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death among children in the United States, with approximately 15,700 children (43 per day) diagnosed annually and 1 in 285 children diagnosed before age 20

Notes that childhood cancer research receives less than 5% of the National Cancer Institute's budget, and the FDA has approved only two new drugs for childhood cancer treatment in 25 years

Highlights that 80% of children with cancer have disease that has already spread at the time of diagnosis, and causes of most childhood cancers remain unknown and cannot be prevented

Takes effect upon becoming law with no specified implementation date or appropriated funding