Bill Text: NY A05510 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 5510 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to information concerning dense breasts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-8)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-04 - signed chap.402 [A05510 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05510-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5510--B
                                                                Cal. No. 599
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 24, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE,  COLTON, THIELE, SKOUFIS, SEPULVEDA,
          LAWRENCE, McDONOUGH,  PALMESANO,  GARBARINO,  ABINANTI,  COOK,  SIMON,
          CRESPO,  RICHARDSON,  PICHARDO,  SEAWRIGHT,  GRAF,  CAHILL,  BICHOTTE,
          RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, SIMOTAS, STECK, ROBINSON, LUPINACCI --  Multi-Spon-
          sored  by -- M. of A. BARRON, CERETTO, GALEF, MAGEE, NOLAN, RA -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Health  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee  on  Health  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to said committee -- reported and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Ways and Means -- passed  by  Assembly  and  delivered  to  the
          Senate,  recalled  from  the  Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to  information
          concerning dense breasts
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public  health  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows:
     3    (m)  The  department  shall  conduct such a program relating to breast
     4  density, which shall include, but not be limited to, educational  infor-
     5  mation regarding the meaning and potential health consequences of having
     6  dense  breast  tissue, the impact of dense breast tissue on mammographic
     7  screening for breast cancer and  supplemental  breast  cancer  screening
     8  techniques,  and  provide access to other educational websites regarding
     9  dense breast tissue and literature regarding risk factors.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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