Bill Text: NY S01620 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits any uninsured individual to receive free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing; such information shall be afforded confidentiality protection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01620 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01620-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1620

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 14, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sens. SANDERS, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT permitting any uninsured individual to receive  free  coronavirus
          disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing

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

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision to the  contrary,  any  unin-
     2  sured individual, regardless of immigration status shall be eligible for
     3  coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing at no cost.  All information
     4  collected  pursuant  to  this  act shall be confidential as provided for
     5  under state, federal or any other applicable law related to  the  confi-
     6  dential  treatment  of patient and medical data. Access to such informa-
     7  tion shall be limited and used only to the extent that  the  information
     8  is necessary to protect public health.
     9    §  2.  Funding, within available appropriations, shall be provided for
    10  testing pursuant to section one of this act.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00588-01-1