| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2014 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7590
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
2013-S7590 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S7590 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7590
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
the spina bifida education and outreach program
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this legislation is to help prevent Spina Bifida and
raise awareness to help educate the public regarding this birth defect
by authorizing the commissioner of health to establish a public
outreach campaign.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is amended by
chapter 471 by adding the following: Spina bifida, a permanently
disabling birth defect occurring at the end of the first month of
pregnancy which involves the incomplete development of the spinal cord
or its coverings, and the importance of encouraging all women in their
childbearing years to increase their folic acid intake in order to
reduce the incidence of spina bifida.
JUSTIFICATION:
Spina Bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect in
the United States. This disability involves the incomplete development
2013-S7590 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7590
I N S E N A T E
May 15, 2014
___________
Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the spina bifida
education and outreach program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
(J) SPINA BIFIDA, A PERMANENTLY DISABLING BIRTH DEFECT OCCURRING AT
THE END OF THE FIRST MONTH OF PREGNANCY WHICH INVOLVES THE INCOMPLETE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPINAL CORD OR ITS COVERINGS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENCOURAGING ALL WOMEN IN THEIR CHILD-BEARING YEARS TO INCREASE THEIR
FOLIC ACID INTAKE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SPINA BIFIDA.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09367-03-4
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