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Senate Bill S7683

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to minors access to HIV/AIDS testing, treatment and prevention

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2015-S7683 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10184
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2781-b, Pub Health L

2015-S7683 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts provisions to permit access to HIV/AIDS testing, treatment and prevention for minors without parental consent, if the minor consents.

2015-S7683 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7683 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7683

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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 minors' consent to
  HIV/AIDS testing, treatment and prevention

  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
2781-b to read as follows:
  S 2781-B. ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS TESTING,  PREVENTION  AND  TREATMENT  FOR
MINORS.  A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LICENSED, CERTIFIED OR OTHERWISE AUTHOR-
IZED TO PRACTICE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  ACTING  WITHIN
HIS  OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE, MAY, CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE,
TEST, DIAGNOSE, REFER,  TREAT  AND  PRESCRIBE  FOR  HIV  INFECTION,  HIV
RELATED ILLNESS, AND AIDS, INCLUDING PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT, AN INDIVID-
UAL  UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHO HAS THE CAPACITY TO CONSENT AND WHO
HAS BEEN, MAY HAVE BEEN, OR IS AT RISK OF BEING EXPOSED, TO HIV OR AIDS.
TESTING, DIAGNOSIS,  REFERRAL,  TREATMENT  AND  PRESCRIBING  UNDER  THIS
SECTION  MAY  BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PARENT
OR GUARDIAN OF THE INDIVIDUAL.  HEALTH  RECORDS  AND  OTHER  INFORMATION
CONCERNING  SUCH  TESTING, DIAGNOSIS, REFERRAL, TREATMENT OR PRESCRIBING
SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL HIV RELATED INFORMATION AND SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15333-01-6

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