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May 18, 2022 | referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 09, 2022 | advanced to third reading |
May 05, 2022 | 2nd report cal. |
May 04, 2022 | 1st report cal.1077 |
Mar 15, 2022 | referred to women's issues |
senate Bill S8575
Sponsored By
Cordell Cleare
(D) 30th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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Luis R. Sepúlveda
(D) 32nd Senate District
Alexis Weik
(R, C) 8th Senate District
S8575 (ACTIVE) - Details
S8575 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8575 SPONSOR: CLEARE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a uterine fibroids awareness and education program PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would amend title 6 of article 2 of the public health law to add a new section that would have the department of health conduct an ongoing public awareness campaign for the diagnosis and treatment of fibroids SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends title 6 of article 2 of the public health law to create a uterine fibroid awareness program that will distribute educa- tional materials that will inform people on the elevated risks of uterine fibroids for minority women, symptoms of uterine fibroids and available treatment. The department of health will periodically review
S8575 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8575 I N S E N A T E March 15, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a uterine fibroids awareness and education program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Title 6 of article 2 of the public health law, as added by chapter 342 of the laws of 2014, is amended by adding a new section 267-a to read as follows: § 267-A. UTERINE FIBROIDS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT AN ONGOING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE ON THE SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF UTERINE FIBROIDS AND THE ELEVATED RISK FOR MINORITY WOMEN. 2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE ELEVATED RISKS OF UTERINE FIBROIDS FOR MINORITY WOMEN, SYMPTOMS OF UTERINE FIBROIDS AND AVAILABLE TREATMENTS. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PATIENTS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF UTERINE FIBROIDS AND THE ELEVATED RISK FOR MINORITY WOMEN ON THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE. NO PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE UTILIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS RELATING THERETO PRODUCED BY ANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IN LIEU OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCTION OF SUCH MATERIALS. 3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERIODICALLY REVIEW AVAILABLE DATA ON THE SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF UTERINE FIBROIDS AND THE ELEVATED RISK FOR MINORITY WOMEN AND UPDATE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN ITS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, AS APPROPRIATE. 4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT EVERY THREE YEARS, COMMENCING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESI- DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHERING THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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