Bill Text: NY K00540 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim July 2019, as Fibroid Awareness Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-12)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-12 - adopted [K00540 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00540-Introduced.html

Assembly Resolution No. 540

BY: M. of A. Solages

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        July  2019,  as Fibroid Awareness Month in the State
        of New York

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body has  an  interest  in  fostering  the
health  and  well-being  of its citizens and engaging in a conscientious
commitment to advancing women's health; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this  Legislative  Body  to  memorialize
Governor  Andrew  M.  Cuomo  to proclaim July 2019, as Fibroid Awareness
Month in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, Uterine fibroids, clinically known  as  uterine  leiomyoma,
are  the  most  common  benign  tumors in the uterus and the single most
common indication for hysterectomy; and

  WHEREAS, African American women experience  uterine  fibroids  at  a
rate  of  three times that of the general population, a higher rate than
any other ethnic group; and

  WHEREAS,  In  the  United  States,  obstetric  outcomes  that   were
attributed to fibroid tumors resulted in a cost of $238 million to $7.76
billion  annually;  uterine  fibroid  tumors  were estimated to cost the
United States $5.9-34.4 billion annually, and over $3.6 billion is spent
annually on the medical expense of hysterectomy procedures, and  1.6  to
17.2  billion  estimated  annual lost work costs in terms of absenteeism
and short term disability in women ages 25 to 54; and

  WHEREAS,   The   establishment   of   health    seminars,    funding
opportunities,  medical information panels, and community programs would
empower and inform residents of the State  of  New  York  about  uterine
fibroids  and  would  encourage earlier diagnosis, more research, better
treatment options, and eventually a  cure  for  uterine  fibroids;  now,
therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim July 2019,  as  Fibroid
Awareness  Month  in  the  State  of New York, fully confident that this
recognition will emanate the journey to fostering  appropriate  measures
to battle this disadvantageous disease; and be it further

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