Bill Text: NY S06542 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Removes limitations on newborn screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2023-12-22 - VETOED MEMO.143 [S06542 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06542-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6542

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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 newborn  screening
          for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of  section  2500-a  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as  amended  by chapter 70 of the laws of 2022, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (j) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency [using a quantitative
     5  enzymatic test or other diagnostic test  in  cases  where:  the  newborn
     6  infant  presents with hemolytic anemia, hemolytic jaundice, or early-on-
     7  set increasing neonatal jaundice, that  is,  jaundice  (bilirubin  level
     8  greater than fortieth percentile for age in hours) persisting beyond the
     9  day  of  birth through the week after birth; the newborn infant has been
    10  admitted to the hospital for jaundice following birth; or the biological
    11  parent of the newborn infant indicates a family, racial, or ethnic  risk
    12  of   glucose-6-phosphate   dehydrogenase  deficiency,  including  having
    13  significant African, Asian, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry].
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10869-02-3