Bill Text: NY A08811 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-05 - reported referred to rules [A08811 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08811-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8811--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    November 29, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        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 (o) to read as follows:
     3    (o)  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; provided that,  effective  immediately,  the
    19  addition,  amendment,  and/or repeal of any rules and regulations neces-
    20  sary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective  date  are
    21  authorized  and  directed  to  be  completed on or before such effective
    22  date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10321-02-8