Assembly Bill A11610

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation and donation registration, and creates the anatomical gift, bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A11610 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §4369, amd §4310, Pub Health L; amd §5-210, El L; amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4294
2013-2014: A6582
2015-2016: A4171

2009-A11610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing for the creation and dissemination of information pertaining to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation and to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation registration.

2009-A11610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11610

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 30, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Wright) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for  the
  creation  and  dissemination  of information pertaining to bone marrow
  and peripheral blood stem cell donation; to amend  the  public  health
  law,  the election law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to
  bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation registration

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Jaden's law".
  S  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 4369 to
read as follows:
  S 4369. BONE MARROW AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL  DONATION  INFORMA-
TION.    1.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE AN ONLINE BROCHURE FOR
DISPLAY ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF THE DEPARTMENT, BASED  UPON  INFORMA-
TION  DERIVED FROM THE NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM ("NMDP"), WHICH MAY
BE DOWNLOADED BY PHYSICIANS  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  BEING  PROVIDED  TO
PATIENTS,  AND  SHALL  BE  DESIGNED  TO INFORM PATIENTS OF THE OPTION TO
BECOME A BONE MARROW OR PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM  CELL  ("PBSC")  DONOR  BY
REGISTERING  WITH  THE  NMDP  AND  TO ANSWER COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT BONE
MARROW AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL, OR PBSC, DONATION.
  (B) THE BROCHURE SHALL DESCRIBE:
  (1) THE HEALTH BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY FROM MAKING A BONE MARROW  OR
PBSC DONATION THROUGH THE NMDP;
  (2) HOW TO REGISTER WITH THE NMDP;
  (3)  THE  PROCEDURES FOR MAKING A BONE MARROW OR PBSC DONATION THROUGH
THE NMDP, INCLUDING NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO CHARGE TO THE DONOR  OR  THE
DONOR'S FAMILY FOR MAKING THE DONATION;
  (4)  THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROCEDURES BY WHICH A PATIENT MAY RECEIVE A
TRANSFUSION OF THE PATIENT'S PREVIOUSLY DONATED BLOOD; AND
  (5) ANY OTHER ASPECTS OF BONE MARROW OR PBSC DONATION THAT THE COMMIS-
SIONER DEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
  2. (A) A PHYSICIAN, AS EARLY AS PRACTICABLE IN THE PHYSICIAN'S  THERA-
PEUTIC  RELATIONSHIP WITH A PATIENT, AND UNLESS THE PHYSICIAN REASONABLY

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

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