Bill Text: NY A09810 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to notification of the national bone marrow program on non-driver id's and license applications and voter applications.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-12 - referred to transportation [A09810 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09810-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          9810
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 12, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and  the  election  law,  in
          relation  to  notification  of  the  national bone marrow program; and
          repealing certain provisions of the vehicle and traffic  law  relating
          thereto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 101-d to read as follows:
     3    §  101-d.  Bone marrow donor contact information.  The national marrow
     4  donor program contact information including the mailing address, contact
     5  telephone number and website address.
     6    § 2. The third undesignated paragraph of subdivision 2 of section  490
     7  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 405 of the laws of
     8  2015, is amended to read as follows:
     9    The  commissioner  of  health shall not maintain records of any person
    10  who checks "skip this question".  Except where the application  is  made
    11  in person or electronically, failure to check a box shall not impair the
    12  validity of an application, and failure to check "yes" or checking "skip
    13  this  question" shall not be construed to imply a wish not to donate. In
    14  the case of an applicant under eighteen years  of  age,  checking  "yes"
    15  shall  not constitute consent to make an anatomical gift or registration
    16  in the donate life registry. Where an applicant has previously consented
    17  to make an anatomical gift or registered in the  donate  life  registry,
    18  checking "skip this question" or failing to check a box shall not impair
    19  that  consent  or  registration.    Additionally, the commissioner shall
    20  ensure that space is provided on the application to advise applicants of
    21  the existence of the national marrow donor program and to provide, at  a
    22  minimum,  the  contact information for this program and a description of
    23  its purpose.
    24    § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
    25  amended  by  chapter  575  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
    26  follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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