New York K 438: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Hepatitis C Awareness Month in the State of New York

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K00438 Summary:

BILL NOK00438 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLavine

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRAngelino, Blankenbush, Brabenec, Braunstein, Carroll P, Conrad, DeStefano, Fitzpatrick,
 Gonzalez-Rojas, Griffin, Hyndman, Jensen, Jones, Kassay, Lupardo, Maher, McDonald, McMahon,
 Novakhov, Raga, Rosenthal, Santabarbara, Schiavoni, Shimsky, Simon, Simpson, Slater, Stern, Tague,
 Weprin, Zaccaro

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05/05/2025referred to calendar

05/06/2025adopted

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Assembly Resolution No. 438

BY: M. of A. Lavine

 MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
 May 2025, as Hepatitis C Awareness Month in the
 State of New York

 WHEREAS, Hepatitis C is a known public health threat and can lead to
more serious health complications if gone untreated; and

 WHEREAS, Hepatitis C has been a disease that has little or no public
awareness due to its nature as being largely asymptomatic; as many as
half of those infected with Hepatitis C are unaware of their status; and

 WHEREAS, Currently, Hepatitis C infects between three and five
million Americans, including an estimated 280,000 New Yorkers, and there
are about 58,000 new cases and over 14,000 Hepatitis C related deaths
each year in the United States; and

 WHEREAS, The total health care related costs of Hepatitis C in the
United States as of 2011 was approximately $6.5 billion and rose to $9
billion in 2024; and

 WHEREAS, Hepatitis C is largely not reported, and the public is
uninformed about the virus; and

 WHEREAS, Persons born between 1945 and 1965 are disproportionately
affected by the disease with an estimated 1 out of 33 baby boomers
infected with Hepatitis C; and

 WHEREAS, Persons born between 1981 and 1996 represent a rapidly
increasing share of new cases due to the opioid crisis; and

 WHEREAS, New York State has become a leader in promoting testing and
awareness of the disease especially among at risk populations; and

 WHEREAS, New York State became the first State in the Nation to pass
a Hepatitis C testing law that mandates that all persons born between
1945 and 1965 are offered a one-time test; and

 WHEREAS, In the absence of a vaccine for Hepatitis C, emphasis must
be placed on other means of disease prevention, including education of
health care workers, emergency services workers, veterans and the
general public; and

 WHEREAS, Hepatitis C has been characterized by the World Health
Organization as a disease of primary concern to humanity; now,
therefore, be it

 RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025 as Hepatitis C
Awareness Month in the State of New York, and to urge the citizens of
this great Empire State to learn about the causes, symptoms, diagnoses
and treatments for Hepatitis C; and be it further

 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.

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