Bill Text: NY S04553 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires hepatitis C virus testing of newborns.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04553 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04553-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4553
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 14, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 requiring  hepati-
          tis C virus testing of newborns
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  2500-l to read as follows:
     3    § 2500-l. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV); testing of newborns. 1. In order to
     4  improve  the  health outcomes of newborns, and to improve access to care
     5  and treatment for newborns infected with or exposed to Hepatitis C Virus
     6  (HCV) and their mothers, the commissioner shall establish  a  comprehen-
     7  sive program for the testing of newborns for the presence of Hepatitis C
     8  Virus (HCV) and/or the presence of antibodies to such virus.
     9    2.  The commissioner shall promulgate regulations governing the imple-
    10  mentation of the program required pursuant to subdivision  one  of  this
    11  section,  including the administration of testing, counseling, tracking,
    12  disclosure of test results  pursuant  to  section  twenty-seven  hundred
    13  eighty-two  of  this  chapter, follow-up reviews, and educational activ-
    14  ities relating to such testing.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10640-01-9
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