Bill Text: NY S01179 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants to not-for-profit organizations and elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools to be used to help pay for the costs of conducting local blood drives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01179 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01179-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1179
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, DILAN, KLEIN, PERKINS, VALESKY -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the
commissioner of health to make grants to be used for the costs of
conducting a local blood donation drive
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 3100 of the public health law is amended to read as
2 follows:
3 S 3100. Human blood and its derivatives; collection, processing, stor-
4 age and distribution; general powers of commissioner. 1. The commis-
5 sioner is hereby authorized:
6 (a) to establish, equip, maintain and conduct a suitable program to
7 collect, process, store and distribute human blood, and the various
8 human blood derivatives including special therapeutic and diagnostic
9 serums, which are deemed of value in the treatment of sick and injured
10 persons, and the prevention of certain diseases;
11 (b) to carry out such educational and research activities as he OR SHE
12 may deem necessary in connection with said program; [and]
13 (c) TO MAKE GRANTS, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PURPOSE, TO
14 NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY
15 SCHOOLS TO BE USED TO HELP PAY FOR THE COSTS OF CONDUCTING A LOCAL BLOOD
16 DONATION DRIVE; AND
17 (D) to establish necessary rules and regulations to effect the purpose
18 of this article.
19 2. The commissioner may conduct such program solely as a state activ-
20 ity, or in cooperation with such institutions, hospitals or municipal
21 corporations as he OR SHE may select, on such terms as may be agreed
22 upon.
23 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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