Bill Text: NY S03817 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the department of health to establish an internet website to advance women's health initiatives.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-04 - SIGNED CHAP.342 [S03817 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S03817-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3817
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 21, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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
women's health website
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a
2 new title VI to read as follows:
3 TITLE VI
4 WOMEN'S HEALTH
5 SECTION 266. DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
6 S 266. DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAIN-
7 TAIN AN INTERNET WEBSITE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING WOMEN'S HEALTH
8 INITIATIVES. THE WEBSITE SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF
9 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND RAISING AWARENESS OF WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES,
10 PROVIDE LINKS TO USEFUL RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGE THE USE OF SERVICES NOW
11 MADE MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE WOMEN OF NEW YORK STATE. THE WEBSITE
12 SHALL ALSO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PREVENTATIVE SERVICES NOW COVERED
13 PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATION, AND EXPLAIN THAT SUCH SERVICES
14 MUST BE COVERED WITH NO COST SHARING:
15 (A) ANEMIA SCREENING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN;
16 (B) BACTERIURIA URINARY TRACT OR OTHER INFECTION SCREENING FOR PREG-
17 NANT WOMEN;
18 (C) BRCA COUNSELING ABOUT GENETIC TESTING FOR WOMEN AT HIGHER RISK;
19 (D) BREAST CANCER MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENINGS EVERY ONE TO TWO YEARS FOR
20 WOMEN OVER AGE FORTY;
21 (E) BREAST CANCER CHEMOPREVENTION COUNSELING FOR WOMEN AT HIGHER RISK;
22 (F) BREASTFEEDING COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND COUNSELING FROM TRAINED
23 PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO BREASTFEEDING SUPPLIES, FOR PREGNANT AND
24 NURSING WOMEN;
25 (G) CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING FOR SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (H) CHLAMYDIA INFECTION SCREENING FOR YOUNGER WOMEN AND OTHER WOMEN AT
2 HIGHER RISK;
3 (I) CONTRACEPTION: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION-APPROVED CONTRACEPTIVE
4 METHODS, STERILIZATION PROCEDURES, AND PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING,
5 NOT INCLUDING ABORTIFACIENT DRUGS;
6 (J) DOMESTIC AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE SCREENING AND COUNSELING FOR
7 ALL WOMEN;
8 (K) FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTS FOR WOMEN WHO MAY BECOME PREGNANT;
9 (L) GESTATIONAL DIABETES SCREENING FOR WOMEN TWENTY-FOUR TO
10 TWENTY-EIGHT WEEKS PREGNANT AND THOSE AT HIGH RISK OF DEVELOPING GESTA-
11 TIONAL DIABETES;
12 (M) GONORRHEA SCREENING FOR ALL WOMEN AT HIGHER RISK;
13 (N) HEPATITIS B SCREENING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AT THEIR FIRST PRENATAL
14 VISIT;
15 (O) HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) SCREENING AND COUNSELING FOR
16 SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN;
17 (P) HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) DNA TEST: HIGH RISK HPV DNA TESTING
18 EVERY THREE YEARS FOR WOMEN WITH NORMAL CYTOLOGY RESULTS WHO ARE THIRTY
19 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER;
20 (Q) OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING FOR WOMEN OVER AGE SIXTY DEPENDING ON RISK
21 FACTORS;
22 (R) RH INCOMPATIBILITY SCREENING FOR ALL PREGNANT WOMEN AND FOLLOW-UP
23 TESTING FOR WOMEN AT HIGHER RISK;
24 (S) TOBACCO USE SCREENING AND INTERVENTIONS FOR ALL WOMEN, AND
25 EXPANDED COUNSELING FOR PREGNANT TOBACCO USERS;
26 (T) SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STI) COUNSELING FOR SEXUALLY
27 ACTIVE WOMEN;
28 (U) SYPHILIS SCREENING FOR ALL PREGNANT WOMEN OR OTHER WOMEN AT
29 INCREASED RISK; AND
30 (V) WELL-WOMAN VISITS TO OBTAIN RECOMMENDED PREVENTIVE SERVICES.
31 2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO CONSIDER MAKING USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
32 NETWORKS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVANCING SUCH INITIATIVES.
33 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
