Assembly Bill A5398

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the sickle cell treatment act of 2015; appropriation

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A5398 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365, Soc Serv L; add Art 31 Title IV §3126, Pub Health L

2015-A5398 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the sickle cell treatment act of 2015; makes an appropriation of one million dollars.

2015-A5398 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  5398

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SCARBOROUGH, CRESPO, SCHIMEL, HOOPER, JAFFEE,
  CLARK, COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  DINOW-
  ITZ,  MARKEY,  MOSLEY, PERRY, PRETLOW, RIVERA, TITONE -- 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 2015; 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 2015".
  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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04153-01-5

              

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