Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 12, 2014 |
referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly |
Feb 03, 2014 |
amended on third reading 7436a |
Jan 08, 2014 |
ordered to third reading cal.358 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 17, 2013 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 12, 2013 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.267 rules report cal.267 reported |
Jun 11, 2013 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 10, 2013 |
reported referred to ways and means |
May 16, 2013 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A7436A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ARROYO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
William Boyland
Kevin Cahill
Vivian Cook
Marcos Crespo
multi-Sponsors
Didi Barrett
Harry B. Bronson
Mark Gjonaj
Carl Heastie
2013-A7436 - Details
2013-A7436 - Summary
Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health to assess the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of our state, counties and regions; identify the existing barriers to quality asthma treatment and care among minorities; develop action steps for addressing care issues; and launch a state-wide asthma awareness campaign to educate our citizens about the disease
2013-A7436 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7436 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 16, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO, BARRON, BOYLAND, CAHILL, COOK, CRESPO, ESPINAL, GIBSON, GUNTHER, HOOPER, MAISEL, McDONALD, MILLMAN, O'DONNELL, ORTIZ, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, RODRIGUEZ, SCARBOROUGH, STEVEN- SON, TITUS, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRETT, BRONSON, GJONAJ, HEASTIE, JACOBS, LENTOL, V. LOPEZ, MOSLEY, MOYA, PERRY, RIVERA, ROSA, ROSENTHAL, RUSSELL, SWEENEY, THIELE, TITONE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to establish a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. According to the American Lung Association, there are over 1.6 million New Yorkers with asthma, with over 380,000 of them being children. The annual cost of asthma is estimated to be nearly 18 billion dollars. Access to health care for ethnic minorities is often hampered by socio-economic disparities, shor- tages of primary care physicians in minority communities, language and literacy barriers, and cultural beliefs about the role and usefulness of medicines. There have emerged clear disparities in the burden and treat- ment of asthma in the communities of ethnic minorities. The burden of asthma falls disproportionately on the African-American and Hispanic populations, and especially on children of these ethnic minorities. Therefore, it is the intent of this legislature to create a coordinating council to address these issues and to improve awareness and management of asthma prevention and treatment for minorities in this state. S 2. The commissioner of health shall establish a Minority Coordinat- ing Council on Asthmatic Affairs. The commissioner shall appoint as many members as he or she determines appropriate. Such members shall be representative of those regions of the state with significant minority populations and shall include health care professionals with knowledge and experience in the prevention and treatment of asthma and in the areas of public health care funding. The council shall be tasked with: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03978-01-3
co-Sponsors
Kevin Cahill
Vivian Cook
Marcos Crespo
Aileen Gunther
multi-Sponsors
Didi Barrett
Harry B. Bronson
Mark Gjonaj
Carl Heastie
2013-A7436A (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A7436A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health to assess the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of our state, counties and regions; identify the existing barriers to quality asthma treatment and care among minorities; develop action steps for addressing care issues; and launch a state-wide asthma awareness campaign to educate our citizens about the disease
2013-A7436A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7436--A Cal. No. 358 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 16, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO, BOYLAND, CAHILL, COOK, CRESPO, GUNTHER, HOOPER, McDONALD, MILLMAN, O'DONNELL, ORTIZ, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, RODRI- GUEZ, SCARBOROUGH, TITUS, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRETT, BRONSON, GJONAJ, HEASTIE, JACOBS, LENTOL, MARKEY, MOSLEY, MOYA, PERRY, RIVERA, ROSA, ROSENTHAL, RUSSELL, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, THIELE, TITONE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to establish a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. According to the American Lung Association, there are over 1.6 million New Yorkers with asthma, with over 380,000 of them being children. The annual cost of asthma is estimated to be nearly 18 billion dollars. Access to health care for ethnic minorities is often hampered by socio-economic disparities, shor- tages of primary care physicians in minority communities, language and literacy barriers, and cultural beliefs about the role and usefulness of medicines. There have emerged clear disparities in the burden and treat- ment of asthma in the communities of ethnic minorities. The burden of asthma falls disproportionately on the African-American and Hispanic populations, and especially on children of these ethnic minorities. Therefore, it is the intent of this legislature to create a coordinating council to address these issues and to improve awareness and management of asthma prevention and treatment for minorities in this state. S 2. The commissioner of health shall establish a Minority Coordinat- ing Council on Asthmatic Affairs. The commissioner shall appoint as many members as he or she determines appropriate. Such members shall be representative of those regions of the state with significant minority populations and shall include health care professionals with knowledge and experience in the prevention and treatment of asthma and in the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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