Assembly Actions -
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Apr 19, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S7524
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 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-S7524 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S7524 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7524 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to parental notification of newborn DNA storage PURPOSE : The purpose of this legislation is to require parental consent for the retention of genetic material collected from infants taken following birth. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill will amend the public health law to add section § 2500-k, stating that notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, no test, DNA, blood spot or other genetic information shall be sent to any lab or retained with the infant's identifying information without written consent from the infant's parents. JUSTIFICATION : Medical data is routinely collected from infants by hospitals without parental awareness or consent. While screening for genetic diseases at
2009-S7524 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7524 I N S E N A T E April 19, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- 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 parental notifica- tion of newborn DNA storage THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-k to read as follows: S 2500-K. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR NEWBORN DNA STORAGE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, NO TEST, DNA, BLOOD SPOT OR OTHER GENETIC INFORMATION SHALL BE RETAINED WITH THE INFANT'S IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME OR DISTRIBUTED/SENT TO ANY LAB FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE EVALUATION OR INTERPRETATION OF THE TESTING FOR THE REQUIRED DISEASES AND CONDITIONS WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE INFANT'S PARENTS. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15827-04-0
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