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Assembly Bill A5366A

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health

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2009-A5366 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4157
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7003, S4550
2013-2014: A7436, S1426
2015-2016: S3246

2009-A5366 - Summary

Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health to assess the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of our state, counties and regions; identify the existing barriers to quality asthma treatment and care among minorities; develop action steps for addressing care issues; and launch a state-wide asthma awareness campaign to educate our citizens about the disease

2009-A5366 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5366

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN ACT to establish a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. According to the  American
Lung  Association,  there  are over 1.6 million New Yorkers with asthma,
with over 380,000 of them being children. The annual cost of  asthma  is
estimated  to  be  nearly  18 billion dollars. Access to health care for
ethnic minorities is often hampered by socio-economic disparities, shor-
tages of primary care physicians in minority communities,  language  and
literacy barriers, and cultural beliefs about the role and usefulness of
medicines. There have emerged clear disparities in the burden and treat-
ment  of  asthma  in the communities of ethnic minorities. The burden of
asthma falls disproportionately on  the  African-American  and  Hispanic
populations,  and  especially  on  children  of these ethnic minorities.
Therefore, it is the intent of this legislature to create a coordinating
council to address these issues and to improve awareness and  management
of asthma prevention and treatment for minorities in this state.
  S  2. The commissioner of health shall establish a Minority Coordinat-
ing Council on Asthmatic Affairs. The commissioner shall appoint as many
members as he or she  determines  appropriate.  Such  members  shall  be
representative  of  those regions of the state with significant minority
populations and shall include health care professionals  with  knowledge
and  experience  in  the  prevention  and treatment of asthma and in the
areas of public health care funding. The council shall be  tasked  with:
(a)  assessing the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of this
state, its counties and regions; (b) identifying the  existing  barriers
to  quality  asthma  treatment and care among minorities; (c) developing
action steps for addressing care issues; and (d) launching a  state-wide
asthma  awareness  campaign  to  educate citizens about the disease, its

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07288-01-9

2009-A5366A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4157
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7003, S4550
2013-2014: A7436, S1426
2015-2016: S3246

2009-A5366A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health to assess the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of our state, counties and regions; identify the existing barriers to quality asthma treatment and care among minorities; develop action steps for addressing care issues; and launch a state-wide asthma awareness campaign to educate our citizens about the disease

2009-A5366A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A5366A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5366--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ARROYO, P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on  Health  in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN ACT to establish a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. According to the  American
Lung  Association,  there  are over 1.6 million New Yorkers with asthma,
with over 380,000 of them being children. The annual cost of  asthma  is
estimated  to  be  nearly  18 billion dollars. Access to health care for
ethnic minorities is often hampered by socio-economic disparities, shor-
tages of primary care physicians in minority communities,  language  and
literacy barriers, and cultural beliefs about the role and usefulness of
medicines. There have emerged clear disparities in the burden and treat-
ment  of  asthma  in the communities of ethnic minorities. The burden of
asthma falls disproportionately on  the  African-American  and  Hispanic
populations,  and  especially  on  children  of these ethnic minorities.
Therefore, it is the intent of this legislature to create a coordinating
council to address these issues and to improve awareness and  management
of asthma prevention and treatment for minorities in this state.
  S  2. The commissioner of health shall establish a Minority Coordinat-
ing Council on Asthmatic Affairs. The commissioner shall appoint as many
members as he or she  determines  appropriate.  Such  members  shall  be
representative  of  those regions of the state with significant minority
populations and shall include health care professionals  with  knowledge
and  experience  in  the  prevention  and treatment of asthma and in the
areas of public health care funding. The council shall be  tasked  with:
(a)  assessing the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of this
state, its counties and regions; (b) identifying the  existing  barriers

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07288-02-0

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