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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6951
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 17, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  spina  bifida
          education and outreach program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
     2  health law, as added by chapter 573 of the laws of 2008,  is  relettered
     3  paragraph (g) and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
     4    (h)  Spina  bifida,  a permanently disabling birth defect occurring at
     5  the end of the first month of pregnancy which  involves  the  incomplete
     6  development  of  the spinal cord or its coverings, and the importance of
     7  encouraging all women in their child-bearing  years  to  increase  their
     8  folic acid intake in order to reduce the incidence of spina bifida.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                   LBD10347-01-9