Senate Bill S545

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that tissue or non-transplant organs from cadaveric donors shall be procured only in a hospital, morgue or other licensed facility

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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-S545 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A386
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4364, add §4311, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5937
2013-2014: A621

2009-S545 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that tissue or non-transplant organs from cadaveric donors shall be procured only in a hospital, morgue or other facility licensed for the purpose of tissue or organ procurement.

2009-S545 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S545 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   545

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ALESI  -- 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 procurement of
  tissue or non-transplant organs from cadaveric donors

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 4364 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 589 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  5. No hospital or other facility and no  physician  shall  permit  any
person to procure tissue or non-transplant organs unless such person has
been  licensed  in accordance with this article[, or has been asked by a
licensed bank or storage facility] to  procure  a  specified  tissue  or
non-transplant  organ.  No bank or storage facility shall sell or other-
wise transfer tissue for valuable consideration.  Valuable consideration
shall not include reasonable  costs  associated  with  the  procurement,
processing,  storage  and  distribution of tissue.  Nothing herein shall
impair the provisions of section forty-three hundred seven of this chap-
ter.
  S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 4311  to
read as follows:
  S  4311. PROCUREMENT OF TISSUE OR NON-TRANSPLANT ORGANS FROM CADAVERIC
DONORS.  TISSUE OR NON-TRANSPLANT ORGANS FROM CADAVERIC DONORS SHALL  BE
PROCURED  ONLY  IN A HOSPITAL, MORGUE OR OTHER FACILITY LICENSED FOR THE
PURPOSES OF TISSUE OR ORGAN PROCUREMENT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
effective date.

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

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