Bill Text: NY A03118 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3118 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Includes the HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 viruses to the public health department's health care and wellness education and outreach program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to ways and means [A03118 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03118-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3118

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 22, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. COOK, TAGUE, JEAN-PIERRE, HYNDMAN, SAYEGH, DICK-
          ENS, COLTON, WILLIAMS, FERNANDEZ, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH,  DeSTEFANO  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Health

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to the HTLV-1 and
          HTLV-2 viruses

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 207 of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
     3    (p) The diagnosis, treatment and  prevention  of  HTLV-1  and  HTLV-2,
     4  including  information and assistance on where to find community support
     5  services, support groups, respite, and care management. In instances  in
     6  which  viral  typing  is possible, educational materials shall direct to
     7  virus specific community support services, support groups, respite,  and
     8  care management as HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are two different retroviruses with
     9  differing  epidemiologies  and  disease  associations requiring specific
    10  recommendations for persons infected with HTLV-1 or HTLV-2. Such materi-
    11  als shall be made available to clinics that specialize in sexually tran-
    12  smitted diseases, health care facilities, and department of  corrections
    13  and  community  supervision  facilities.  All  information and materials
    14  shall be maintained and updated to reflect best practice recommendations
    15  and shall be culturally and linguistically appropriate for the  communi-
    16  ties the materials are made available to.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    18  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    19  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    20  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    21  completed on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06596-02-1