Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 25, 2019 |
signed chap.534 |
Nov 19, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1454 substituted for s6368 |
Jun 17, 2019 |
substituted by a484 ordered to third reading cal.1454 |
Jun 06, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6368
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 4th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A484 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) 26th Senate District
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
2019-S6368 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S6368 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6368 SPONSOR: MARTINEZ TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to informational materials concerning menstrual disorders PURPOSE: To provide informational materials concerning menstrual disorders for school districts and health care practitioners SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Instructs the Commissioner of Health, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Education, to create materials to be provided to school districts and health care practitioners upon request regarding menstrual disorders. Such materials will include information on symptoms, the importance of menstrual health, statistics on endometriosis and other menstrual disorders, best practices on being one's own healthcare advo- cate, and basic treatment options and recommendations for follow-up care.
2019-S6368 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6368 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to informational materials concerning menstrual disorders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 268 to read as follows: § 268. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS CONCERNING MENSTRUAL DISORDERS. SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, SHALL CREATE AGE SPECIFIC INFORMATIONAL MATE- RIALS TO BE PROVIDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS UPON REQUEST TO DISTRIBUTE TO STUDENTS AND PATIENTS EDUCATING THEM ABOUT MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND THEIR SYMPTOMS. THE MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT BE NOT LIMITED TO: 1. THE TIMING, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS AND OTHER MENSTRUAL DISORDERS; 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND ITS IMPACTS ON ONE'S PHYS- ICAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, AND ACADEMIC LIFE; 3. BASIC STATISTICS ON ENDOMETRIOSIS AND OTHER MENSTRUAL DISORDERS; 4. BEST PRACTICES ON HOW TO BE ONE'S OWN HEALTHCARE ADVOCATE; AND 5. BASIC TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS AND OTHER MENSTRUAL DISORDERS, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP CARE FROM A HEALTH- CARE PROVIDER. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02164-01-9
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