Bill Text: NY A02155 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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 15-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-19 - REFERRED TO RULES [A02155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02155-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2155
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, PAULIN, SCHIMMINGER, TOWNS,
         ORTIZ, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  AUBRY,  BRENNAN,
         COLTON,  GALEF, HOOPER, McENENY, PHEFFER, J. RIVERA, ROBINSON, SWEENEY
         -- 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    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.
                                                                  LBD02164-01-1