S.22.2-57: Osteoporosis Eradication Act (PASSED)

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OSTEOPOROSIS ERADICATION ACT

1. $15 Million from the Healthcare Trust Fund (HTF) is hereby authorized to be expended on a public education campaign to inform the public about prevention and treatment of the health disorder osteoporosis. The public education campaign shall accomplish the goals if this act by:

A. Producing and publishing educational pamphlets on osteoporosis, its warning signs and risk factors, prevention and treatment methods, and the dangers of children taking the drug Leuprorelin. Any State or local health department and any healthcare provider that receives money from an insurer of last resort under the Southern Atlascare program shall publicly display these pamphlets in their healthcare facility and shall provide a copy of each relevant pamphlet to any patient who is newly diagnosed with osteoporosis, who is at an elevated risk of osteoporosis, to the parent or guardian of any minor seeking a prescription for Leuprorelin, or to any person who requests a copy.

B. Targeted advertisements in areas with a high concentration of persons suffering from osteoporosis or with a high concentration of persons with elevated risk factors for osteoporosis.

C. Creating an online portal to host information about osteoporosis including any pamphlets created pursuant to this act. This portal shall also host the full video The Osteoporosis Dance (Claude Pepper Older Americans Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, 1997).

2. August 2022 is hereby designated Osteoporosis Awareness Month.

3. No healthcare provider in the Southern Region shall prescribe or dispense the drug Leuprorelin to a minor without the express written consent of each of the minor's parents or guardians. Any healthcare provider who violates this paragraph shall be prohibited from practicing medicine in the Southern Region for five (5) years.

4. This act shall take effect August 1, 2022.

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[Mr. Reactionary]

This creates an educational campaign for a degenerative bone disorder through literature, advertising, and parental consent for a drug that leads to osteoporosis. The referrenced video was featured on RedLetterMedia's Wheel of the Worst.




*The text of this bill does NOT violate the TOS of this website*

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Good bill.

[Senator-elect Spark]

We need to eradicate as many diseases as possible.

[fhtagn]

If there are no more comments, I move we proceed to a vote. 24 hours for objections.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

No objection.

[fhtagn]

A final vote on this bill is now open for 72 hours, or until 24 hours after this has enough votes to pass or fail, or until everybody votes, whichever occurs soonest.

[reagente]

aye

[UlmerFudd]

Aye

[fhtagn]

Aye

[fhtagn]

This has enough votes to pass. 24 hours to vote/change your vote, or until everyone has voted, whichever happens soonest

[RFayette]

Aye

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Aye

[fhtagn]

The bill now passes and awaits gubernatorial action.

Aye: 5
Nay:0
Present: 0
Not voting: 0

OSTEOPOROSIS ERADICATION ACT

1. $15 Million from the Healthcare Trust Fund (HTF) is hereby authorized to be expended on a public education campaign to inform the public about prevention and treatment of the health disorder osteoporosis. The public education campaign shall accomplish the goals if this act by:

A. Producing and publishing educational pamphlets on osteoporosis, its warning signs and risk factors, prevention and treatment methods, and the dangers of children taking the drug Leuprorelin. Any State or local health department and any healthcare provider that receives money from an insurer of last resort under the Southern Atlascare program shall publicly display these pamphlets in their healthcare facility and shall provide a copy of each relevant pamphlet to any patient who is newly diagnosed with osteoporosis, who is at an elevated risk of osteoporosis, to the parent or guardian of any minor seeking a prescription for Leuprorelin, or to any person who requests a copy.

B. Targeted advertisements in areas with a high concentration of persons suffering from osteoporosis or with a high concentration of persons with elevated risk factors for osteoporosis.

C. Creating an online portal to host information about osteoporosis including any pamphlets created pursuant to this act. This portal shall also host the full video The Osteoporosis Dance (Claude Pepper Older Americans Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, 1997).

2. August 2022 is hereby designated Osteoporosis Awareness Month.

3. No healthcare provider in the Southern Region shall prescribe or dispense the drug Leuprorelin to a minor without the express written consent of each of the minor's parents or guardians. Any healthcare provider who violates this paragraph shall be prohibited from practicing medicine in the Southern Region for five (5) years.

4. This act shall take effect August 1, 2022.