Senate Bill S3679

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S3679 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8884
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5114, A459
2013-2014: S5178, A544, A8461
2015-2016: S5216, A3072

2009-S3679 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus; provides for an advisory council consisting of representatives of people with lupus and their families and health care providers who specialize in treating lupus.

2009-S3679 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3679 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 3679                                                  A. 7308

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GREENE,  AUBRY,  BARRON,  BRADLEY,
  CASTRO,  COOK,  EDDINGTON, FIELDS, GABRYSZAK, GUNTHER, PHEFFER, ROSEN-
  THAL, SPANO, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAMARA, McENENY,
  MENG, REILLY, STIRPE, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  lupus  educa-
  tion and outreach program

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  the
following:
  (a)  Lupus is a serious, complex, debilitating autoimmune disease that
can cause inflammation and tissue damage to virtually any  organ  system
in  the body, including the skin, joints, other connective tissue, blood
and blood vessels, heart, lungs, kidney, and brain.
  (b) Lupus research estimates that approximately one and a half to  two
million Americans live with some form of lupus; lupus affects women nine
times more often than men and eighty percent of newly diagnosed cases of
lupus develop among women of childbearing age.
  (c)  Lupus  disproportionately  affects women of color -- it is two to
three times more common among African-Americans, Hispanics,  Asians  and
Native Americans and is generally more prevalent in minority populations
-- a health disparity that remains unexplained. According to the Centers
for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  the  rate of lupus mortality has
increased since the late 1970s and is higher among older  African-Ameri-
can women.
  (d) No new drugs have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis-
tration  specifically  for lupus in nearly forty years and while current

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02147-04-9
              

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