Assembly Actions -
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Mar 04, 2020 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 27, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Jan 23, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 22, 2020 |
1st report cal.262 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 05, 2019 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 04, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2019 |
1st report cal.1103 |
Jan 16, 2019 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S1795
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
2019-S1795 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §207, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S7520
2019-S1795 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Includes in the health care and wellness education and outreach program certain chronic illnesses which primarily affect women and for which there are no diagnostic tests or cures including, but not limited to, myalgic encphalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia; requires the establishment of an advisory council for such illnesses.
2019-S1795 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1795 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to including certain chronic and often misunderstood illnesses, primarily affecting women for which there are no diagnostic tests or cures within the health care and wellness education and outreach program PURPOSE: Includes within the existing Health Care and Wellness Education and Outreach Program certain chronic, misunderstood illnesses, which prima- rily affect women including but not limited to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends section 207 of the Public Health Law by adding a new subparagraph (0) to paragraph 1 which adds Myalgic
2019-S1795 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1795 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 including certain chronic and often misunderstood illnesses, primarily affecting women for which there are no diagnostic tests or cures within the health care and wellness 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 (p) to read as follows: (P) CHRONIC AND OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD ILLNESSES WHICH PRIMARILY AFFECT WOMEN FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS OR CURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (ME/CFS), A MULTI-SYSTEM DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH NEUROLOGICAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL AND ENERGY METABOLISM IMPAIRMENT CHARACTERIZED BY LONG-STANDING AND DEBILI- TATING FATIGUE WITH A DELAYED EXACERBATION OF SYMPTOMS AND LOSS OF STAMINA FOLLOWING EVEN MINIMAL MENTAL OR PHYSICAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOMS MAY ALSO INCLUDE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION, SLEEP ABNORMALITIES, AUTONOMIC MANIFESTATIONS AND PAIN; AND (2) FIBROMYALGIA (FM), A COMPLEX CHRONIC PAIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY WIDESPREAD MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN ACCOMPANIED BY FATIGUE, COGNITIVE DIFFICULTIES AND SLEEP PROBLEMS; SYMPTOMS MAY ALSO INCLUDE TENSION HEAD- ACHES, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ) DISORDERS, IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. GIVEN THERE ARE NO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS OR BIOMARKERS, AND NO APPROVED TREATMENTS FOR MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND FEW FOR FIBROMYALGIA, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THESE DISEASES CAN BE MORE DIFFICULT AND, AS A RESULT, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND THE PUBLIC IS IMPERATIVE. PROVIDED THAT THE PROGRAM FOR SUCH ILLNESSES SHALL INCLUDE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL UNDER THIS SECTION THAT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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