Bill Text: NY A01135 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - ordered to third reading cal.63 [A01135 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01135-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1135

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 7, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        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.
                                                                   LBD02061-01-1