Bill Text: NY S04871 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4871 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires hepatitis C virus testing of newborns.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04871 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04871-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4871
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 29, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  hepati-
         tis C virus testing of newborns
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  2500-k to read as follows:
    3    S 2500-K. HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV); TESTING OF NEWBORNS. 1. IN ORDER TO
    4  IMPROVE  THE  HEALTH OUTCOMES OF NEWBORNS, AND TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE
    5  AND TREATMENT FOR NEWBORNS INFECTED WITH OR EXPOSED TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS
    6  (HCV) AND THEIR MOTHERS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH  A  COMPREHEN-
    7  SIVE PROGRAM FOR THE TESTING OF NEWBORNS FOR THE PRESENCE OF HEPATITIS C
    8  VIRUS (HCV) AND/OR THE PRESENCE OF ANTIBODIES TO SUCH VIRUS.
    9    2.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE IMPLE-
   10  MENTATION OF THE PROGRAM REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
   11  SECTION,  INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF TESTING, COUNSELING, TRACKING,
   12  DISCLOSURE OF TEST RESULTS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-SEVEN  HUNDRED
   13  EIGHTY-TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER, FOLLOW-UP REVIEWS, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIV-
   14  ITIES RELATING TO SUCH TESTING.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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