S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 4465--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred 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
  women's health website

  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 VI to read as follows:
                                 TITLE VI
                             WOMEN'S HEALTH
SECTION 266. DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
  S 266. DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAIN-
TAIN AN INTERNET WEBSITE FOR THE PURPOSE  OF  ADVANCING  WOMEN'S  HEALTH
INITIATIVES.   THE WEBSITE SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND RAISING AWARENESS  OF  WOMEN'S  HEALTH  ISSUES,
PROVIDE  LINKS TO USEFUL RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGE THE USE OF SERVICES NOW
MADE MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE WOMEN OF NEW YORK STATE.  THE  WEBSITE
SHALL  ALSO  PROMOTE  THE  FOLLOWING  PREVENTATIVE  SERVICES NOW COVERED
PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATION, AND EXPLAIN THAT  SUCH  SERVICES
MUST BE COVERED WITH NO COST SHARING:
  (A) ANEMIA SCREENING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN;
  (B)  BACTERIURIA  URINARY TRACT OR OTHER INFECTION SCREENING FOR PREG-
NANT WOMEN;
  (C) BRCA COUNSELING ABOUT GENETIC TESTING FOR WOMEN AT HIGHER RISK;
  (D) BREAST CANCER MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENINGS EVERY ONE TO  TWO  YEARS  FOR
WOMEN OVER AGE FORTY;
  (E) BREAST CANCER CHEMOPREVENTION COUNSELING FOR WOMEN AT HIGHER RISK;
  (F)  BREASTFEEDING  COMPREHENSIVE  SUPPORT AND COUNSELING FROM TRAINED
PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO BREASTFEEDING SUPPLIES, FOR PREGNANT AND
NURSING WOMEN;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04952-02-3
              

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  (G) CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING FOR SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN;
  (H) CHLAMYDIA INFECTION SCREENING FOR YOUNGER WOMEN AND OTHER WOMEN AT
HIGHER RISK;
  (I) CONTRACEPTION: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION-APPROVED CONTRACEPTIVE
METHODS, STERILIZATION PROCEDURES, AND PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING,
NOT INCLUDING ABORTIFACIENT DRUGS;
  (J)  DOMESTIC  AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE SCREENING AND COUNSELING FOR
ALL WOMEN;
  (K) FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTS FOR WOMEN WHO MAY BECOME PREGNANT;
  (L)  GESTATIONAL  DIABETES  SCREENING   FOR   WOMEN   TWENTY-FOUR   TO
TWENTY-EIGHT  WEEKS PREGNANT AND THOSE AT HIGH RISK OF DEVELOPING GESTA-
TIONAL DIABETES;
  (M) GONORRHEA SCREENING FOR ALL WOMEN AT HIGHER RISK;
  (N) HEPATITIS B SCREENING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AT THEIR  FIRST  PRENATAL
VISIT;
  (O)  HUMAN  IMMUNODEFICIENCY  VIRUS (HIV) SCREENING AND COUNSELING FOR
SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN;
  (P) HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) DNA TEST: HIGH  RISK  HPV  DNA  TESTING
EVERY  THREE YEARS FOR WOMEN WITH NORMAL CYTOLOGY RESULTS WHO ARE THIRTY
YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER;
  (Q) OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING FOR WOMEN OVER AGE SIXTY DEPENDING ON  RISK
FACTORS;
  (R)  RH INCOMPATIBILITY SCREENING FOR ALL PREGNANT WOMEN AND FOLLOW-UP
TESTING FOR WOMEN AT HIGHER RISK;
  (S) TOBACCO  USE  SCREENING  AND  INTERVENTIONS  FOR  ALL  WOMEN,  AND
EXPANDED COUNSELING FOR PREGNANT TOBACCO USERS;
  (T)  SEXUALLY  TRANSMITTED  INFECTIONS  (STI)  COUNSELING FOR SEXUALLY
ACTIVE WOMEN;
  (U) SYPHILIS SCREENING FOR  ALL  PREGNANT  WOMEN  OR  OTHER  WOMEN  AT
INCREASED RISK; AND
  (V) WELL-WOMAN VISITS TO OBTAIN RECOMMENDED PREVENTIVE SERVICES.
  2.    THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ALSO CONSIDER MAKING USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
NETWORKS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVANCING SUCH INITIATIVES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.