Assembly Bill A9321

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals to permit selective pre-surgery blood donation

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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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2011-A9321 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2805-u, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4608
2013-2014: A2407
2015-2016: A762
2017-2018: A1309, A9747

2011-A9321 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals and other facilities to permit a person, prior to surgery, to either pre-donate his or her own blood or to bring his or her own donor for selective blood donation on an in-patient or out-patient basis.

2011-A9321 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9321

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 16, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to selective pre-sur-
  gery blood donation

  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
2805-u to read as follows:
  S 2805-U. SELECTIVE PRE-SURGERY BLOOD DONATION. 1. HOSPITALS AND OTHER
FACILITIES APPROVED PURSUANT TO THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  PERMIT  A  PERSON,
PRIOR TO SURGERY ON AN IN-PATIENT OR OUT-PATIENT BASIS:
  (A)  TO DONATE HIS OR HER OWN BLOOD FOR POSSIBLE TRANSFUSION INTO SUCH
PATIENT; AND
  (B) TO BRING OTHER PERSONS TO DONATE BLOOD  FOR  POSSIBLE  TRANSFUSION
INTO  SUCH  PATIENT. BLOOD DONATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
STORED IN A PLACE AND MANNER APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS CONTAINING GUIDELINES
FOR FEES TO RECOVER THE COST TO SUCH  HOSPITAL  OR  OTHER  FACILITY  FOR
DRAWING  THE  BLOOD  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND FOR
THE STORAGE THEREOF.
  3. WHEN A PERSON IS ADMITTED FOR SURGERY ON AN IN-PATIENT  OR  OUT-PA-
TIENT  BASIS  AND  BLOOD  HAS  BEEN  PREVIOUSLY DONATED FOR SUCH PATIENT
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION,  SUCH  PERSON  SHALL  GIVE
WRITTEN  DIRECTION  REGARDING  BLOOD  TO  BE USED FOR TRANSFUSION IN THE
EVENT THAT HIS OR HER PRE-DONATED BLOOD SUPPLY  IS  EXHAUSTED  AND  MORE
BLOOD FOR TRANSFUSION IS NEEDED.
  S  2.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
after it shall have become a law, provided, however,  that  the  commis-
sioner  of  health  shall  promulgate rules and regulations necessary to
effectuate the provisions of this act prior to such effective date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08589-01-1

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