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S06538 Summary:

BILL NO	S06538
SAME AS	SAME AS A08497
SPONSOR	LANZA
COSPNSR	PERKINS
MLTSPNSR
Amd S207, Pub Health L
Relates to public education and outreach about female genital mutilation.

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S06538 Actions:

BILL NO	S06538
02/04/2014	REFERRED TO HEALTH

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S06538 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6538
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 4, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  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

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