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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8497
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, CLARK, COLTON, CROUCH, DINOW-
          ITZ, GALEF, JAFFEE, OTIS, RAIA, SCARBOROUGH, STIRPE, TITONE --  Multi-
          Sponsored  by -- M. of A.  ARROYO, MAGNARELLI, ROBERTS, THIELE -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  public  education
          and outreach about female genital mutilation
 

          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 (j) to read as follows:
     3    (j)  The physical, sexual and psychological consequences of undergoing
     4  female genital mutilation, including the practice of "vacation  cutting"
     5  whereby  girls  are  sent  out of state or the country to undergo female
     6  genital mutilation, typically during school vacations.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13384-02-4