assembly Bill A343

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides treatment for sexually transmissible diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent

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Jan 04, 2012 referred to health
Jan 05, 2011 referred to health

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A343 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S384
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2305, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6702, S4779
2013-2014: A497, S3134
2015-2016: A1528, S2712
2017-2018: A2469, S5611
2019-2020: A973, S3899
2021-2022: A822, S937
2023-2024: A276, S762

A343 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides treatment for sexually transmissible diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent; provides definition for health care practitioner.

A343 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   343

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, SCHIMEL, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, MAYERSOHN,
  JACOBS, HOYT, JAFFEE, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  BOYLAND,  BROOK-KRASNY, GABRYSZAK, JEFFRIES, MARKEY, PHEFFER, RUSSELL,
  TITONE, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing  medical
  care to minors for sexually transmitted diseases without a parent's or
  guardian's consent

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

  Section 1. Section 2305 of the public health law, as amended by  chap-
ter 878 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
  S  2305.  Sexually  transmissible  diseases;  CARE  AND  treatment [by
licensed physician or staff physician of a  hospital;  prescriptions]  ;
CONSENT  BY MINORS.  1. No person, other than a [licensed physician, or,
in a hospital, a staff physician] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER, shall  diag-
nose,  treat  or  prescribe for a person who is infected with a sexually
transmissible disease, or who has been exposed to infection with a sexu-
ally transmissible disease, or dispense or  sell  a  drug,  medicine  or
remedy  for  the  treatment  of  such person except on prescription of a
[duly licensed physician] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER.
  2. (A) A [licensed physician, or in a hospital,  a  staff  physician,]
HEALTH  CARE PRACTITIONER may diagnose, treat or prescribe TREATMENT FOR
A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE for a person under the age of  [twenty-
one]  EIGHTEEN  years without the consent or knowledge of the parents or
[guardian] GUARDIANS of said person, where such person is infected  with
a  sexually transmissible disease, or has been exposed to infection with
a sexually transmissible disease.
  (B) A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER MAY PROVIDE HEALTH CARE RELATED TO  THE
PREVENTION  OF A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, INCLUDING ADMINISTERING
VACCINES, TO A PERSON UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  YEARS  WITHOUT  THE

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