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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3817
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 21, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        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:
 

     1    Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new title VI to read as follows:
     3                                   TITLE VI
     4                               WOMEN'S HEALTH
     5  Section 266. Department website.
     6    § 266. Department website. 1. The department shall establish and main-
     7  tain  an  internet  website  for the purpose of advancing women's health
     8  initiatives.  The website shall provide information for the purposes  of
     9  educating  the  public  and  raising awareness of women's health issues,
    10  provide links to useful resources and encourage the use of services  now
    11  made  more  widely available to the women of New York state. The website
    12  shall also promote  the  following  preventative  services  now  covered

    13  pursuant  to  federal law and regulation, and explain that such services
    14  must be covered with no cost sharing:
    15    (a) Anemia screening for pregnant women;
    16    (b) Bacteriuria urinary tract or other infection screening  for  preg-
    17  nant women;
    18    (c) BRCA counseling about genetic testing for women at higher risk;
    19    (d)  Breast  cancer  mammography screenings every one to two years for
    20  women over age forty;
    21    (e) Breast cancer chemoprevention counseling for women at higher risk;
    22    (f) Breastfeeding comprehensive support and  counseling  from  trained
    23  providers, as well as access to breastfeeding supplies, for pregnant and
    24  nursing women;
    25    (g) Cervical cancer screening for sexually active women;
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09126-01-3
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     1    (h) Chlamydia infection screening for younger women and other women at
     2  higher risk;
     3    (i) Contraception: Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive
     4  methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling,
     5  not including abortifacient drugs;
     6    (j)  Domestic  and interpersonal violence screening and counseling for
     7  all women;
     8    (k) Folic acid supplements for women who may become pregnant;

     9    (l) Gestational diabetes screening for women  twenty-four  to  twenty-
    10  eight  weeks  pregnant  and those at high risk of developing gestational
    11  diabetes;
    12    (m) Gonorrhea screening for all women at higher risk;
    13    (n) Hepatitis B screening for pregnant women at their  first  prenatal
    14  visit;
    15    (o)  Human  immunodeficiency  virus (HIV) screening and counseling for
    16  sexually active women;
    17    (p) Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Test: high  risk  HPV  DNA  testing
    18  every  three years for women with normal cytology results who are thirty
    19  years of age or older;
    20    (q) Osteoporosis screening for women over age sixty depending on  risk
    21  factors;

    22    (r)  RH incompatibility screening for all pregnant women and follow-up
    23  testing for women at higher risk;
    24    (s) Tobacco  use  screening  and  interventions  for  all  women,  and
    25  expanded counseling for pregnant tobacco users;
    26    (t)  Sexually  transmitted  infections  (STI)  counseling for sexually
    27  active women;
    28    (u) Syphilis screening for  all  pregnant  women  or  other  women  at
    29  increased risk; and
    30    (v) Well-woman visits to obtain recommended preventive services.
    31    2.    The  department  shall  also consider making use of social media
    32  networks for the purposes of advancing such initiatives.
    33    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.