senate Bill S4674

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a state Parkinson's disease registry

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 30, 2023 referred to health
delivered to assembly
passed senate
May 22, 2023 ordered to third reading cal.1091
committee discharged and committed to rules
Apr 18, 2023 reported and committed to finance
Feb 13, 2023 referred to health

Votes

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May 22, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

S4674
21
0
committee
21
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Apr 18, 2023 - Health committee Vote

S4674
14
0
committee
14
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Health Committee Vote: Apr 18, 2023

excused (1)

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S4674 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5803
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2 Title 9 §§269-a - 269-d, Pub Health L

S4674 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a state Parkinson's disease registry; designates Parkinson's disease and related Parkinsonisms as diseases required to be reported in the state; establishes a Parkinson's disease registry advisory committee to assist in the development and implementation of the registry; allows a patient to opt out of participation in the registry (view more) requires annual reports to the legislature and governor on the incidents and prevalence of Parkinson's disease in the state by county; requires the department of health to create and maintain a webpage.

S4674 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4674 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4674
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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
   state Parkinson's disease registry
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a
 new title 9 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE IX
                    STATE PARKINSON'S DISEASE REGISTRY
 SECTION 269-A. DEFINITIONS.
         269-B. REGISTRY ESTABLISHED.
         269-C. REPORTS.
         269-D. NEW  YORK  STATE  PARKINSON'S  DISEASE  RESEARCH REGISTRY
                  WEBSITE.
   § 269-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
   1. "PARKINSON'S DISEASE" MEANS A CHRONIC  AND  PROGRESSIVE  NEUROLOGIC
 DISORDER  RESULTING  FROM DEFICIENCY OF THE NEUROTRANSMITTER DOPAMINE AS
 THE CONSEQUENCE OF SPECIFIC DEGENERATIVE CHANGES  IN  THE  AREA  OF  THE
 BRAIN  CALLED  THE BASAL GANGLIA. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY TREMOR AT REST,
 SLOW MOVEMENTS, MUSCLE RIGIDITY, STOOPED POSTURE, AND UNSTEADY OR  SHUF-
 FLING GAIT.
   2.  "PARKINSONISMS"  MEANS RELATED CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE A COMBINATION
 OF THE MOVEMENT ABNORMALITIES SEEN IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE, SUCH AS TREM-
 OR AT REST, SLOW MOVEMENT, MUSCLE RIGIDITY, IMPAIRED  SPEECH  OR  MUSCLE
 STIFFNESS,  WHICH OFTEN OVERLAP WITH AND CAN EVOLVE FROM WHAT APPEARS TO
 BE PARKINSON'S DISEASE. PARKINSONISMS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE TO,
 THE FOLLOWING: MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY (MSA), DEMENTIA WITH LEWY  BODIES
 (DLB),  CORTICOBASAL  DEGENERATION  (CBD),  AND PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR
 PALSY (PSP).

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08983-01-3
 S. 4674                             2

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