Bill Text: NY A00246 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A00246 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00246-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           246

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, PAULIN, ABINANTI, SAYEGH,
          DeSTEFANO, SALKA, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  AUBRY,
          CARROLL,  COLTON,  GALEF,  PERRY,  J. RIVERA, SOLAGES -- read once and
          referred 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    § 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    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00092-01-1