Senate Bill S7824

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Lydia Soto law"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

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

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2019-S7824 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5131
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9821
2017-2018: A7998
2021-2022: S410

2019-S7824 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health to assess the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of our state, counties and regions; identifies the existing barriers to quality asthma treatment and care among minorities; develops action steps for addressing care issues; launches a state-wide asthma awareness campaign to educate our citizens about the disease

2019-S7824 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7824 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7824
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to establish a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Lydia Soto law".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent. According to the  American  Lung
 Association,  there  are  over 1.6 million New Yorkers with asthma, with
 over 380,000 of them being children. The annual cost of asthma is  esti-
 mated  to be nearly 18 billion dollars. Access to health care for ethnic
 minorities is often hampered by socio-economic disparities, shortages of
 primary care physicians in minority communities, language  and  literacy
 barriers,  and  cultural  beliefs about the role and usefulness of medi-
 cines. There have emerged clear disparities in the burden and  treatment
 of  asthma in the communities of ethnic minorities. The burden of asthma
 falls disproportionately on  the  African-American  and  Hispanic  popu-
 lations,  and  especially on children of these ethnic minorities. There-
 fore, it is the intent of this  legislature  to  create  a  coordinating
 council  to address these issues and to improve awareness and management
 of asthma prevention and treatment for minorities in this state.
   § 3. The commissioner of health shall establish a Minority  Coordinat-
 ing Council on Asthmatic Affairs. The commissioner shall appoint as many
 members  as  he  or  she  determines  appropriate. Such members shall be
 representative of those regions of the state with  significant  minority
 populations  and  shall include health care professionals with knowledge
 and experience in the prevention and treatment  of  asthma  and  in  the
 areas  of  public health care funding. The council shall be tasked with:
 (a) assessing the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of  this
 state,  its  counties and regions; (b) identifying the existing barriers
 to quality asthma treatment and care among  minorities;  (c)  developing
 action  steps for addressing care issues; and (d) launching a state-wide
 asthma awareness campaign to educate citizens  about  the  disease,  its
 symptoms, and the ability to better manage asthma through prevention and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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