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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S1502
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R) Senate District
2009-S1502 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §265-b & 265-c, Pub Health L
2009-S1502 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1502 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the duties of the ethics committee of the empire state stem cell board PURPOSE : To amend New York State Public Health Law, Article 2, Title 5-A, establishing the Empire State Stem Cell Board, to ensure that the ethics committee established in the statute is given authority to establish ethical standards for grant awards and for all medical, socioeconomic, and financial aspects of clinical trials and therapy delivery to patients, and to exercise oversight of the funded stem cell research projects across the state. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends subdivision 2 of section 265-c of the public health law by providing clarification of the responsibilities of the New York State Stem Cell Ethics Committee. JUSTIFICATION : The ethics committee of the Empire State Stem Cell Bond is statutorily changed with making "recommendations to the funding committee regarding scientific, medical, and ethical standards" for stem cell research projects to be funded by the state. Created in the state
2009-S1502 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1502 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, GOLDEN, LARKIN, LAVALLE, MORAHAN, VOLK- ER -- 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 the duties of the ethics committee of the empire state stem cell board THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subdivision 2 of section 265-b of the public health law, as added by section 1 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows: (a) provide for an independent scientific peer review committee composed of individuals with expertise in the field of biomedical research who shall review grant applications based on the criteria requirements and standards adopted by the funding committee AND THE ETHICS COMMITTEE, and make recommendations to the funding committee for the award of grants; (e) review grant applications based on the criteria, requirements, and standards adopted by the funding committee AND THE ETHICS COMMITTEE utilizing a process that gives due consideration to the amount of nonpublic funds contributed by the project sponsor, including cash, in-kind personnel, equipment or materials, donations, the opportunity to leverage funds, including federal, private and not-for-profit funds reasonably anticipated to be received by the project sponsors; provided, however, that nonpublic funds shall only be considered as a factor by the funding committee when reviewing applications of equivalent merit as determined by the independent scientific peer review committee; S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 265-c of the public health law, as added by section 1 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 2. The ethics committee shall [make recommendations to the funding committee regarding]: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04782-01-9
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