Bill Text: NY A07214 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 7214 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to adding embryo to the definition of "tissue" for purposes of tissue storage.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - reported referred to rules [A07214 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07214-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7214--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 12, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adding "embryo" to
          the definition of "tissue" for purposes of tissue storage

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 4360 of the public health law, as
     2  added by chapter 589 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
     3    10. "Tissue" means a human eye, skin, bone, bone marrow, heart  valve,
     4  spermatozoon,  ova,  embryo,  artery,  vein, tendon, ligament, pituitary
     5  gland or a fluid other than blood or a blood derivative.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11044-05-0