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Assembly Bill A10756

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to establish and maintain an internet website to advance women's health initiatives

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2011-A10756 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7330
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2 Title 6 ยง266, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A4465

2011-A10756 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to establish and maintain an internet website to advance women's health initiatives.

2011-A10756 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10756

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Galef) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
  department  of health to establish and maintain an internet website to
  advance women's health initiatives

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

  Section  1.  Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new title 6 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE VI
                             WOMEN'S HEALTH
SECTION 266. DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
  S 266. DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN
AN INTERNET WEBSITE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING WOMEN'S  HEALTH  INITI-
ATIVES.  THE  WEBSITE  SHALL  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, RAISING AWARENESS OF  WOMEN'S  HEALTH  ISSUES  AND
PROVIDING LINKS TO USEFUL RESOURCES. SUCH WEBSITE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
BE  LIMITED  TO,  INFORMATION  DETAILING  THE  EXPANSION OF PREVENTATIVE
COVERAGE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING PROVIDED  FOR  UNDER  FEDERAL
AND  STATE  LAW. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO CONSIDER MAKING USE OF SOCIAL
MEDIA NETWORKS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVANCING SUCH INITIATIVES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15697-01-2

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