New York A 5176: Relates to the creation of an advisory board within the department of agriculture and markets on food safety and inspection programs

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A05176 Summary:

BILL NOA05176 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01759

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRRaga, Seawright

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2405, 2408, 2409 & 2409-a, Pub Health L

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Requires the New York state cancer services program to provide various cancer screenings and diagnostic services at no cost to certain persons and to provide informational pamphlets on such cancers.

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BILL NOA05176 

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02/12/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5176

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, RAGA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the New
 York state cancer services program to provide breast cancer, cervical
 cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer and ovarian
 cancer screenings and diagnostic services at no cost to certain
 people; and making an appropriation therefor

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2405 of the public health law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 2. The program shall include:
 5 (a) establishment of a statewide public education and outreach
 6 campaign to publicize evidence based cancer detection and education
 7 services, such campaign shall include: general community education,
 8 outreach to specific underserved populations, evidence based clinical
 9 cancer screening services, and an informational summary that shall
 10 include an explanation of the importance of clinical examinations and
 11 what to expect during clinical examinations and cancer screening
 12 services;
 13 (b) provision of grants to approved organizations under section twen-
 14 ty-four hundred six of this title;
 15 (c) compilation of data concerning the cancer detection and education
 16 program and dissemination of the data to the public; [and]
 17 (d) development of professional education programs including the bene-
 18 fits of early detection of cancer and clinical examinations, the recom-
 19 mended frequency of clinical examinations and cancer screening services,
 20 and professionally recognized best practices guidelines;
 21 (e) a requirement of providing cancer screening and diagnostic
 22 services for cancers including, but not limited to, breast cancer,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05049-01-5

 A. 5176 2

 1 cervical cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer and
 2 ovarian cancer; and
 3 (f) an informational pamphlet pertaining to breast cancer, cervical
 4 cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer and ovarian
 5 cancer including, but not limited to: information on early detections
 6 and treatments of such cancers; contact information, including but not
 7 limited to, the program's phone number, contact email, and website for
 8 the purposes of the department educating patients; and a telephone
 9 number for the office of professional medical conduct in the department
 10 and the office of the professions in the department of education, at
 11 which a patient may report any misconduct that the patient feels may
 12 have occurred. The informational pamphlet shall be posted as a print-
 13 able file on the department's internet website and may also be made
 14 available for order as a printed deliverable on the department's inter-
 15 net website. The informational pamphlet shall be written in layperson's
 16 language and shall be made available in English and the six most common
 17 non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited English profi-
 18 ciency in New York state as based on the most recent census.
 19 § 2. Section 2408 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 430
 20 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 21 § 2408. Annual report. The commissioner shall