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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S545
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, 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
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:
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2011-2012:
A5937
2013-2014: A621
2009-S545 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S545 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the procurement of tissue or non-transplant organs from cadaveric donors PURPOSE : This legislation ensures the proper harvesting of human tissue by requiring tissue or nontransplant organs to be procured only in a hospital or morgue and by mandating that a person be licensed in accordance with Article 43-B of the public health law to procure a specified tissue or non-transplant organ. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION : 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 only allow persons licensed in accordance with Article 43-B of the public health law to harvest tissue, and eliminates a clause that would allow persons to harvest tissue if asked by a licensed bank or storage facility. Section 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 4311 that requires tissue or nontransplant organs to be procured only in a hospital, morgue or other facility licensed for the purposes of tissue or organ procurement.
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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