Assembly Actions -
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May 31, 2016 |
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Assembly Bill A10507
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MAYER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
Annette Robinson
multi-Sponsors
Joseph Lentol
Aravella Simotas
2015-A10507 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §365, Soc Serv L; add Art 31 Title IV §3126, Pub Health L
2015-A10507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10507 I N A S S E M B L Y May 31, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAYER, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LENTOL, SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public health law, in relation to establishing the sickle cell treatment act of 2016; and making an appropriation therefor THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "sickle cell treatment act of 2016". S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disease of red blood cells that is a major health problem in the United States. (2) Approximately 100,000 Americans have SCD and approximately 1,000 American babies are born with the disease each year. SCD also is a global problem with close to 500,000 babies born annually with the disease. (3) In the United States, SCD is most common in African-Americans and in those of Hispanic, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern ancestry. Among newborn American infants, SCD occurs in approximately 1 in 500 African- Americans, 1 in 36,000 Hispanics, and 1 in 80,000 Caucasians. (4) More than 3,000,000 Americans, mostly African-Americans, have the sickle cell trait. These Americans are healthy carriers of the sickle cell gene who have inherited the normal hemoglobin gene from one parent and the sickle cell gene from the other parent. A sickle cell trait is not a disease, but when both parents have the sickle cell trait, there is a 1 in 4 chance with each pregnancy that the child will be born with SCD. (5) Children with SCD may exhibit frequent pain episodes, entrapment of blood within the spleen, severe anemia, acute lung complications (acute chest syndrome), and priapism. During episodes of severe pain, spleen enlargement, or acute lung complications, life threatening complications can develop rapidly. Children with SCD are also at risk for septicemia, meningitis, and stroke. Children with SCD at highest EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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