senate Bill S5216

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus

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  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 28, 2016 signed chap.479
Nov 16, 2016 delivered to governor
Jun 15, 2016 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.330
substituted for a3072a
Jun 08, 2016 referred to ways and means
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jun 07, 2016 ordered to third reading cal.1490
committee discharged and committed to rules
May 16, 2016 print number 5216a
May 16, 2016 amend and recommit to finance
May 04, 2016 reported and committed to finance
Jan 06, 2016 referred to health
May 28, 2015 reported and committed to finance
May 07, 2015 referred to health

Votes

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Jun 7, 2016 - Rules committee Vote

S5216A
25
0
committee
25
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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May 4, 2016 - Health committee Vote

S5216
16
0
committee
16
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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May 28, 2015 - Health committee Vote

S5216
15
0
committee
15
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
2
Excused
0
Abstained
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Co-Sponsors

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S5216 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3072
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3679, A8884
2011-2012: S5114, A459
2013-2014: S5178, A544, A8461

S5216 - Summary

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus; provides for an advisory council consisting of representatives of people with lupus and their families and health care providers who specialize in treating lupus.

S5216 - Sponsor Memo

S5216 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5216

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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  lupus  educa-
  tion and outreach program

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

  Section 1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  the
following:
  (a)  Lupus is a serious, complex, debilitating autoimmune disease that
can cause inflammation and tissue damage to virtually any  organ  system
in  the body, including the skin, joints, other connective tissue, blood
and blood vessels, heart, lungs, kidney, and brain.
  (b) Lupus research estimates that approximately one and a half to  two
million Americans live with some form of lupus; lupus affects women nine
times more often than men and eighty percent of newly diagnosed cases of
lupus develop among women of childbearing age.
  (c)  Lupus  disproportionately  affects women of color -- it is two to
three times more common among African-Americans, Hispanics,  Asians  and
Native Americans and is generally more prevalent in minority populations
-- a health disparity that remains unexplained. According to the Centers
for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  the  rate of lupus mortality has
increased since the late 1970s and is higher among older  African-Ameri-
can women.
  (d) No new drugs have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis-
tration  specifically  for lupus in nearly forty years and while current
treatments for the disease can be effective, they can lead  to  damaging
side effects.
  (e)  The  pain and fatigue associated with lupus can threaten people's
ability to live independently, make it difficult to maintain  employment
and  lead normal lives, and one in five people with lupus is disabled by
the disease, and consequently receives support from government programs,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01779-01-5

Co-Sponsors

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S5216A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3072
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3679, A8884
2011-2012: S5114, A459
2013-2014: S5178, A544, A8461

S5216A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus; provides for an advisory council consisting of representatives of people with lupus and their families and health care providers who specialize in treating lupus.

S5216A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5216A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5216--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  SAVINO, ADDABBO, AVELLA, COMRIE, CROCI, GALLIVAN,
  GOLDEN, GRIFFO, HANNON, KENNEDY, KLEIN,  LATIMER,  PANEPINTO,  PARKER,
  PERALTA, PERKINS, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, STAVISKY, VALESKY, VENDITTO --
  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on  Health  in
  accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
  committee and committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the lupus educa-
  tion and outreach program

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

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds the
following:
  (a) Lupus is a serious, complex, debilitating autoimmune disease  that
can  cause  inflammation and tissue damage to virtually any organ system
in the body, including the skin, joints, other connective tissue,  blood
and blood vessels, heart, lungs, kidney, and brain.
  (b)  Lupus research estimates that approximately one and a half to two
million Americans live with some form of lupus; lupus affects women nine
times more often than men and eighty percent of newly diagnosed cases of
lupus develop among women of childbearing age.
  (c) Lupus disproportionately affects women of color -- it  is  two  to
three  times  more common among African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and
Native Americans and is generally more prevalent in minority populations
-- a health disparity that remains unexplained. According to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention  the  rate  of  lupus  mortality  has
increased  since the late 1970s and is higher among older African-Ameri-
can women.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01779-02-6

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