* 266. Department website. 1. The department shall establish and maintain an internet website for the purpose of advancing women's health initiatives. The website shall provide information for the purposes of educating the public and raising awareness of women's health issues, provide links to useful resources and encourage the use of services now made more widely available to the women of New York state. The website shall also promote the following preventative services now covered pursuant to federal law and regulation, and explain that such services must be covered with no cost sharing:
(a) Anemia screening for pregnant women;
(b) Bacteriuria urinary tract or other infection screening for pregnant women;
(c) BRCA counseling about genetic testing for women at higher risk;
(d) Breast cancer mammography screenings every one to two years for women over age forty;
(e) Breast cancer chemoprevention counseling for women at higher risk;
(f) Breastfeeding comprehensive support and counseling from trained providers, as well as access to breastfeeding supplies, for pregnant and nursing women;
(g) Cervical cancer screening for sexually active women;
(h) Chlamydia infection screening for younger women and other women at higher risk;
(i) Contraception: Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling, not including abortifacient drugs;
(j) Domestic and interpersonal violence screening and counseling for all women;
(k) Folic acid supplements for women who may become pregnant;
(l) Gestational diabetes screening for women twenty-four to twenty-eight weeks pregnant and those at high risk of developing gestational diabetes;
(m) Gonorrhea screening for all women at higher risk;
(n) Hepatitis B screening for pregnant women at their first prenatal visit;
(o) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and counseling for sexually active women;
(p) Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Test: high risk HPV DNA testing every three years for women with normal cytology results who are thirty years of age or older;
(q) Osteoporosis screening for women over age sixty depending on risk factors;
(r) RH incompatibility screening for all pregnant women and follow-up testing for women at higher risk;
(s) Tobacco use screening and interventions for all women, and expanded counseling for pregnant tobacco users;
(t) Sexually transmitted infections (STI) counseling for sexually active women;
(u) Syphilis screening for all pregnant women or other women at increased risk; and
(v) Well-woman visits to obtain recommended preventive services.
2. The department shall also consider making use of social media networks for the purposes of advancing such initiatives.
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