NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8348

Senate Bill S8348

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a campaign to promote public awareness of the causes of oral disease and its prevention

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Feb 15, 2024	print number 8348a
Feb 15, 2024	amend and recommit to health
Jan 19, 2024	referred to health

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2023-S8348 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §207-b, Pub Health L

2023-S8348 - Summary

Establishes a campaign to promote public awareness of the importance of good oral health, including but not limited to, the impact of oral disease, causes of oral disease and its prevention, oral health across the lifespan, the total body connection, the value of early detection and the availability of oral health services in the community.

2023-S8348 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8348

SPONSOR: BROUK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
campaign to promote public awareness of the causes of oral disease and
its prevention

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to raise public awareness about the impor-
tance of good oral health to good overall health and well-being.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Adds section 207-b of the public health law to direct the
department of health, in consultation with the department of education,
to develop and implement a campaign to promote public awareness of the
importance of good oral health by utilizing public forums, social media
and mass media, as well as educational materials and information on the
department's website, to target high risk groups through local depart-

ments of health and local health care practitioners. § 2 establishes the
effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Good oral health is essential for vital functions of life, including
eating, breathing and speaking. Dental disease can result "in poor
nutrition, school absences, missed workdays and increasing public and
private expenditures for dental care."' Periodontal disease increases
the risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature birth. Dentists are
important front-line health care providers in that infectious diseases,
cancer, immune disorders, and nutritional deficiencies are often
reflected in the health of a patient's teeth and gums. This bill will
provide for a public awareness campaign to underline the importance of
dental care and oral hygiene in promoting overall health and well-being.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2023-S8348 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8348
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- 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  establishing  a
   campaign to promote public awareness of the causes of oral disease and
   its prevention
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 207-b to read as follows:
   §  207-B.  ORAL HEALTH AWARENESS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION,  SHALL  DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT  A
 CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE FOLLOWING: THE IMPORTANCE OF
 GOOD  ORAL  HEALTH,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, THE IMPACT OF ORAL
 DISEASE, CAUSES OF ORAL DISEASE AND ITS PREVENTION, ORAL  HEALTH  ACROSS
 THE  LIFESPAN,  THE  TOTAL BODY CONNECTION, THE VALUE OF EARLY DETECTION
 AND THE AVAILABILITY OF ORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.
   2. SUCH CAMPAIGN SHALL UTILIZE PUBLIC FORUMS, SOCIAL  MEDIA  AND  MASS
 MEDIA,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE INTERNET, RADIO, AND PRINT
 ADVERTISING AND SHALL INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND  INFORMATION  ON
 THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMERS, PARTICULAR-
 LY  TARGETED  TO  HIGH  RISK GROUPS THROUGH LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH,
 LOCAL HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  HEALTH
 MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATIONS,  HOSPITALS,  WALK-IN  MEDICAL  CARE CENTERS,
 MOBILE CARE UNITS, SURGICAL CENTERS, HEALTH-ORIENTED PLACES OF BUSINESS,
 CLINICS, SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS SERVING YOUNG CHILDREN, FAMILIES  AND
 GERIATRIC POPULATIONS.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSUMER ADVO-
 CATES TO ENSURE SUCH CAMPAIGN IS CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND LINGUISTICALLY
 APPROPRIATE. SUCH CAMPAIGN SHALL END ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-SIX.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SEEK ANY FEDERAL WAIVER OR WAIVERS THAT  MAY
 BE  NECESSARY  TO  MAXIMIZE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER TITLES  XVIII  AND  XIX  OF  THE
 FEDERAL  SOCIAL  SECURITY  ACT  FOR  THE  SERVICES  PROVIDED  UNDER THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13641-01-3
 S. 8348                             2
 
 SECTION. THE COMMISSIONER MAY ACCEPT ANY GRANTS, AWARDS OR  OTHER  FUNDS
 OR  APPROPRIATIONS  AS  MAY  BE  MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.

2023-S8348A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §207-b, Pub Health L

2023-S8348A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8348A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8348A

SPONSOR: BROUK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
campaign to promote public awareness of the causes of oral disease and
its prevention

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to raise public awareness about the impor-
tance of good oral health to good overall health and well-being.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Adds subdivision s of section 207 of the public health law to
authorize the department to conduct an education and outreach program
for consumers, patients, educators, and health care providers relating
to the importance of good oral health, including by not limited to, the
impact of oral disease, causes of oral disease and its prevention, oral
health across the lifespan, the total body connection, the value of

early detection and the availability of oral health services in the
community.

§ 2 establishes the effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

Section 1 makes technical changes.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Good oral health is essential for vital functions of life, including
eating, breathing and speaking. Dental disease can result "in poor
nutrition, school absences, missed workdays and increasing public and
private expenditures for dental care." Periodontal disease increases the
risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature birth. Dentists are impor-
tant front-line health care providers in that infectious diseases,
cancer, immune disorders, and nutritional deficiencies are often
reflected in the health of a patient's teeth and gums. This bill will
provide for a public awareness campaign to underline the importance of
dental care and oral hygiene in promoting overall health and well-being.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.
1 Bureau of Dental Health, New York State Department of Health. The
Impact of Oral Disease in New York State. 2006.

2023-S8348A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8348--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   campaign to promote public awareness of the causes of oral disease and
   its prevention

   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 (s) to read as follows:
   (S) THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ORAL HEALTH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,
 THE  IMPACT  OF ORAL DISEASE, CAUSES OF ORAL DISEASE AND ITS PREVENTION,
 ORAL HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN, THE TOTAL BODY CONNECTION, THE VALUE OF
 EARLY DETECTION AND THE AVAILABILITY OF  ORAL  HEALTH  SERVICES  IN  THE
 COMMUNITY.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13641-03-4

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