Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 28, 2016 |
signed chap.502 |
Nov 16, 2016 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 16, 2016 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.484 substituted for a10724 |
Jun 16, 2016 |
substituted by s8129 rules report cal.484 reported |
Jun 15, 2016 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 14, 2016 |
reported referred to codes |
Jun 13, 2016 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A10724
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8129 - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
2015-A10724 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8129
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§2781 & 2781-a, Pub Health L; amd §§6527, 6909 & 6801, Ed L
2015-A10724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10724 I N A S S E M B L Y June 13, 2016 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried) -- (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to HIV-related test- ing; and to amend the education law, in relation to screening for certain diseases THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 2781 of the public health law, as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows: 1. Except as provided in section three thousand one hundred twenty-one of the civil practice law and rules, or unless otherwise specifically authorized or required by a state or federal law, no person shall order the performance of an HIV related test without first [having received informed consent of the subject of the test who has capacity to consent or, when the subject lacks capacity to consent, of a person authorized pursuant to law to consent to health care for such individual. In order for there to be informed consent, the person ordering the test shall, prior to obtaining informed consent], at a minimum [advise], ORALLY ADVISING the protected individual, OR, WHEN THE PROTECTED INDIVIDUAL LACKS CAPACITY TO CONSENT, A PERSON AUTHORIZED TO CONSENT TO HEALTH CARE FOR SUCH INDIVIDUAL, that an HIV-related test is being performed, OR OVER THE OBJECTION OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR AUTHORIZED PERSONS. SUCH ADVISEMENT AND OBJECTION, WHEN APPLICABLE SHALL BE NOTED IN THE INDIVID- UAL'S RECORD. 2. [Informed consent for HIV related testing pursuant to this section shall be valid for such testing until such consent is revoked. Each time that an HIV related test is ordered pursuant to informed consent in accordance with this section, the physician or other person authorized pursuant to law to order the performance of the HIV related test, or such person's representative, shall orally notify the subject of the test or, when the subject lacks capacity to consent, a person authorized pursuant to law to consent to health care for such individual, that an EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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