NY State Senate Bill S7095A

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Jan 21, 2020	print number 7095a
Jan 21, 2020	amend and recommit to education
Jan 08, 2020	referred to education

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S7095 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9689
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S1294, A3715
2023-2024: S2280, A5636

S7095 - Summary

Expands the health education curriculum to include breast cancer screenings including age appropriate instruction in performing self-examinations.

S7095 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7095         Revised 1/9/2020

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding health
education curriculum to include breast cancer screenings

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this legislation is to expand New York State health
education requirements to include age and developmentally appropriate
instruction in performing self-examinations for breast cancer screen-
ings.

Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 5 of section 804 of education
law to include age and developmentally appropriate instruction in
performing self-examinations for breast cancer prevention and detection
for high school students and adds a new paragraph 5(b)to permit local
boards of education to to provide such age and developmentally appropri-
ate instruction in elementary and middle schools.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the State Department of Health, breast cancer is the most
commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths
among women in New York State. Each year, nearly 16,000 women in New
York are newly diagnosed with breast cancer and over 2,500 women die
from the disease. While Education Law currently includes a health educa-
tion instructional requirement on methods of prevention and detection of
certain cancers including breast cancer for high school students it does
not specifically identify self-examinations as a prevention or detection
method.

The First Company Pink organization brought this issue to the forefront
in the "got checked? Plan of Action" campaign urging expanded breast
health education for all students. Under the legislation, high school
students would benefit from learning the importance early on of self-
care and self-examinations as a breast cancer screening method and local
boards of education would be authorized to provide younger students with
such age and developmentally appropriate instruction that will provide a
lifelong benefit. Early detection is vital to preventing breast cancer
deaths and accurate and appropriate information is the best way to
achieve early detection. The State of Connecticut recently enacted an
age and developmentally appropriate self-examination statute for breast
cancer screenings for their students.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on July 1 next succeeding the date on which
it shall have become law.

S7095 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  7095

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  expanding  health
  education curriculum to include breast cancer screenings

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section  804  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  390  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
  5. A. Instruction regarding methods of  prevention  and  detection  of
certain  cancers,  including  but  not  limited  to  breast cancer, skin
cancer, testicular cancer and other  cancers  where  certain  preventive
measures  have  become  generally accepted and certain detection methods
have been adopted and recommended generally to the public. Such instruc-
tion shall be an integral part of a required health education course  at
the  senior  high school level, in addition to continued health guidance
in senior high schools. Any such course  shall  be  taught  by  teachers
holding  a  certificate  to  teach  health.  WITH RESPECT TO INSTRUCTION
REGARDING BREAST CANCER, SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE AGE AND DEVELOP-
MENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION IN PERFORMING SELF-EXAMINATIONS.
  B. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
WITH RESPECT TO THE INSTRUCTION REGARDING BREAST CANCER,  SUCH  INSTRUC-
TION MAY BE OFFERED IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS DEEMED APPROPRI-
ATE BY LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION.
  §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
S                                                          LBD14535-03-0

S7095A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9689
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S1294, A3715
2023-2024: S2280, A5636

S7095A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the health education curriculum to include breast cancer screenings including age appropriate instruction in performing self-examinations.

S7095A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7095A

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding health
education curriculum to include breast cancer screenings

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this legislation is to expand New York State health
education requirements to include age and developmentally appropriate
instruction in performing self-examinations for breast cancer screen-
ings.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 5 of section 804 of education
law to include age and developmentally appropriate instruction in
performing self-examinations for breast cancer prevention and detection
for high school students and adds a new paragraph 5(b)to permit local

boards of education to to provide such age and developmentally appropri-
ate instruction in elementary and middle schools.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the State Department of Health, breast cancer is the most
commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths
among women in New York State. Each year, nearly 16,000 women in New
York are newly diagnosed with breast cancer and over 2,500 women die
from the disease. While Education Law currently includes a health educa-
tion instructional requirement on methods of prevention and detection of
certain cancers including breast cancer for high school students it does
not specifically identify self-examinations as a prevention or detection
method.

The First Company Pink organization brought this issue to the forefront
in the "got checked? Plan of Action" campaign urging expanded breast
health education for all students. Under the legislation, high school
students would benefit from learning the importance early on of self-
care and self-examinations as a breast cancer screening method and local
boards of education would be authorized to provide younger students with
such age and developmentally appropriate instruction that will provide a
lifelong benefit. Early detection is vital to preventing breast cancer
deaths and accurate and appropriate information is the best way to
achieve early detection. The State of Connecticut recently enacted an
age and developmentally appropriate self-examination statute for breast
cancer screenings for their students.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on July 1 next succeeding the date on which
it shall have become law.

S7095A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 7095--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to expanding health
  education curriculum to include breast cancer screenings

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  804 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 390 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  5.  A.  Instruction  regarding  methods of prevention and detection of
certain cancers, including  but  not  limited  to  breast  cancer,  skin
cancer,  testicular  cancer  and  other cancers where certain preventive
measures have become generally accepted and  certain  detection  methods
have been adopted and recommended generally to the public. Such instruc-
tion  shall be an integral part of a required health education course at
the senior high school level, in addition to continued  health  guidance
in  senior  high  schools.  Any  such course shall be taught by teachers
holding a certificate to  teach  health.  WITH  RESPECT  TO  INSTRUCTION
REGARDING BREAST CANCER, SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE AGE AND DEVELOP-
MENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION IN PERFORMING SELF-EXAMINATIONS.
  B. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
WITH  RESPECT  TO THE INSTRUCTION REGARDING BREAST CANCER, SUCH INSTRUC-
TION MAY BE OFFERED IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS DEEMED APPROPRI-
ATE BY LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND THE CHANCELLOR OF THE  CITY  SCHOOL
DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
  §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14535-04-0

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S7095 - Sponsor Memo

S7095 - Bill Text download pdf

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Shelley B. Mayer

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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S7095 - Details

S7095 - Summary

S7095 - Sponsor Memo

S7095 - Bill Text download pdf

S7095A (ACTIVE) - Details

S7095A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S7095A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7095A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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