Bill Text: NY S08123 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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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) 2020-07-17 - PRINT NUMBER 8123B [S08123 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08123-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8123--A

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 23, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        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. Necessary funding to provide testing pursuant to section  one  of
    10  this act shall come from existing resources, federal funds and appropri-
    11  ations from the general fund.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15976-02-0