Senate Bill S520

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Ensures ovarian cancer survivors have the right to access screenings for health conditions

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Women's Issues Committee

  • 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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2025-S520 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Women's Issues
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2404-e, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8879
2023-2024: S1193

2025-S520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures ovarian cancer survivors have the right to access screenings for health conditions.

2025-S520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    520
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, BORRELLO, CLEARE, COMRIE, PALUMBO, ROLISON,
   WEBER,  WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  ensuring  ovarian
   cancer survivors have the right to access screenings for health condi-
   tions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2404-e to read as follows:
   §  2404-E.  OVARIAN  CANCER;  RIGHT  TO  SCREENINGS.  NO PERSON WITH A
 PERSONAL HISTORY OF OVARIAN CANCER SHALL BE DENIED  GENETIC  TESTING  OR
 GENOMIC  TUMOR  PROFILING  FOR INHERITED GERMLINE MUTATIONS AND ACQUIRED
 SOMATIC MUTATIONS, RESPECTIVELY. IN GENERAL, SUCH TESTING SHALL  NOT  BE
 SUBJECT  TO  FREQUENCY  CAPS OR OTHER LIMITATIONS AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) GENETIC MUTATIONS IN BRCA1 AND BRCA2 GENES;
   (B) GENETIC MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LYNCH SYNDROME;
   (C) REARRANGEMENT ANALYSIS OF ALL CODING EXONS ASSOCIATED WITH OVARIAN
 CANCER; AND
   (D) ADDITIONAL MUTATIONS IF MEDICALLY NECESSARY  AND  APPROPRIATE,  AS
 DETERMINED BY THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TREATING THE INDIVIDUAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02193-01-5

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