Senate Bill S1816

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires hepatitis C virus testing of newborns

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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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2015-S1816 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-l, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4871
2017-2018: S3465
2019-2020: S4553
2021-2022: S4790
2023-2024: S5768

2015-S1816 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hepatitis C virus testing of newborns.

2015-S1816 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1816 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1816

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 requiring  hepati-
  tis C virus testing of newborns

  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-l to read as follows:
  S 2500-L. HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV); TESTING OF NEWBORNS. 1. IN ORDER TO
IMPROVE  THE  HEALTH OUTCOMES OF NEWBORNS, AND TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE
AND TREATMENT FOR NEWBORNS INFECTED WITH OR EXPOSED TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS
(HCV) AND THEIR MOTHERS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH  A  COMPREHEN-
SIVE PROGRAM FOR THE TESTING OF NEWBORNS FOR THE PRESENCE OF HEPATITIS C
VIRUS (HCV) AND/OR THE PRESENCE OF ANTIBODIES TO SUCH VIRUS.
  2.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE IMPLE-
MENTATION OF THE PROGRAM REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
SECTION,  INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF TESTING, COUNSELING, TRACKING,
DISCLOSURE OF TEST RESULTS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-SEVEN  HUNDRED
EIGHTY-TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER, FOLLOW-UP REVIEWS, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIV-
ITIES RELATING TO SUCH TESTING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06877-01-5

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