Assembly Bill A587C

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires urine polymerase chain reaction testing for cytomegalovirus of newborns with hearing impairments

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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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2017-A587 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2816
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2500-a & 207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A587, S2816

2017-A587 - Summary

Requires urine polymerase chain reaction testing for cytomegalovirus of newborns with hearing impairments; and directs the department of health to establish an education program for women who may become pregnant, expectant parents and parents of infants relating to various aspects of cytomegalovirus.

2017-A587 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    587
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  screening  for
   cytomegalovirus
 
   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
 2507 to read as follows:
   § 2507. SCREENING FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM. IT
 SHALL  BE  THE  DUTY  OF  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OR OTHER PERSON IN
 CHARGE OF EACH INSTITUTION CARING FOR INFANTS TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS OR  LESS
 OF  AGE  AND  THE  PERSON REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
 FORTY-ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER TO  REGISTER  THE  BIRTH  OF  A
 CHILD,  TO  OFFER  TO PARENTS A SCREEN FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS OF EVERY SUCH
 INFANT OR CHILD IN THEIR CARE. SCREENING, THE RECORDING OF  THE  RESULTS
 OF  SUCH SCREENING, TRACKING AND FOLLOW-UP REVIEWS SHALL BE PERFORMED AT
 SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 31 and 32 to read as follows:
   31. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH AND MAIN-
 TAIN A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM  WHICH  SHALL  DEVELOP  AND  PUBLISH  OR
 APPROVE AND PUBLISH INFORMATION MATERIALS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BECOME
 PREGNANT,  EXPECTANT PARENTS AND PARENTS OF INFANTS, REGARDING THE INCI-
 DENCE OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, THE TRANSMISSION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS  TO  PREG-
 NANT  INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BECOME PREGNANT, BIRTH DEFECTS
 CAUSED BY CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, METHODS OF  DIAGNOSING  CONGENITAL
 CYTOMEGALOVIRUS AND AVAILABLE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO AVOID CYTOMEGALO-
 VIRUS  INFECTION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PREGNANT OR MAY BECOME PREGNANT.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE SUCH INFORMATION MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  AND  ATTENDING  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDERS SHALL MAKE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01942-02-7

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multi-Sponsors

2017-A587A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2816
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2500-a & 207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A587, S2816

2017-A587A - Summary

Requires urine polymerase chain reaction testing for cytomegalovirus of newborns with hearing impairments; and directs the department of health to establish an education program for women who may become pregnant, expectant parents and parents of infants relating to various aspects of cytomegalovirus.

2017-A587A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  587--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  ORTIZ,  ZEBROWSKI, SANTABARBARA,
   GUNTHER, CARROLL, GALEF, NIOU, DINOWITZ,  BLAKE,  SEAWRIGHT,  SOLAGES,
   HARRIS  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. BUCHWALD, ENGLEBRIGHT,
   GJONAJ, HYNDMAN, LUPARDO, NOLAN, SIMON, STECK, THIELE -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on  Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  the  testing  of
   certain newborns for cytomegalovirus and public education thereon
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 2500-a of the public health law,
 as amended by chapter 184 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person
 in  charge  of  each institution caring for infants twenty-eight days or
 less of age and the person required in pursuance of  the  provisions  of
 section  forty-one  hundred thirty of this chapter to register the birth
 of a child, to cause to have administered to every such infant or  child
 in  its  or  his care a test for phenylketonuria, homozygous sickle cell
 disease, hypothyroidism, branched-chain ketonuria,  galactosemia,  homo-
 cystinuria,  critical  congenital  heart  defects through pulse oximetry
 screening, AND WITH REGARD TO ANY NEWBORN INFANT WHO IS  IDENTIFIED  AS,
 OR  SUSPECTED OF, HAVING A HEARING IMPAIRMENT AS A RESULT OF A SCREENING
 CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED-G OF THIS TITLE, CAUSE
 TO BE ADMINISTERED TO SUCH INFANT A TEST FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, UNLESS THE
 PARENT OF THE INFANT OBJECTS THERETO, and such other diseases and condi-
 tions as may from time to time be  designated  by  the  commissioner  in
 accordance  with  rules  or  regulations prescribed by the commissioner.
 Testing, the recording of the results of such tests, tracking, follow-up
 reviews and educational activities shall be performed at such times  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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multi-Sponsors

2017-A587B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2816
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2500-a & 207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A587, S2816

2017-A587B - Summary

Requires urine polymerase chain reaction testing for cytomegalovirus of newborns with hearing impairments; and directs the department of health to establish an education program for women who may become pregnant, expectant parents and parents of infants relating to various aspects of cytomegalovirus.

2017-A587B - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  587--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ, ZEBROWSKI, SANTABARBARA,
   GUNTHER, CARROLL, GALEF, NIOU, DINOWITZ,  BLAKE,  SEAWRIGHT,  SOLAGES,
   HARRIS, JENNE, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLE-
   BRIGHT,  HYNDMAN,  LUPARDO,  McDONOUGH, NOLAN, SIMON, STECK, THIELE --
   read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accord-
   ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to the testing of
   certain newborns for cytomegalovirus and public education thereon
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 2500-a of the public health law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  184 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person
 in charge of each institution caring for infants  twenty-eight  days  or
 less  of  age  and the person required in pursuance of the provisions of
 section forty-one hundred thirty of this chapter to register  the  birth
 of  a child, to cause to have administered to every such infant or child
 in its or his care a test for phenylketonuria,  homozygous  sickle  cell
 disease,  hypothyroidism,  branched-chain ketonuria, galactosemia, homo-
 cystinuria, critical congenital heart  defects  through  pulse  oximetry
 screening,  AND  WITH REGARD TO ANY NEWBORN INFANT WHO IS IDENTIFIED AS,
 OR SUSPECTED OF, HAVING A HEARING IMPAIRMENT AS A RESULT OF A  SCREENING
 CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED-G OF THIS TITLE, CAUSE
 TO  BE  ADMINISTERED  TO  SUCH  INFANT A URINE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION
 (PCR) TEST FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, UNLESS THE PARENT OF THE INFANT  OBJECTS
 THERETO, and such other diseases and conditions as may from time to time
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2017-A587C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2816
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2500-a & 207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A587, S2816

2017-A587C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires urine polymerase chain reaction testing for cytomegalovirus of newborns with hearing impairments; and directs the department of health to establish an education program for women who may become pregnant, expectant parents and parents of infants relating to various aspects of cytomegalovirus.

2017-A587C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  587--C
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ, ZEBROWSKI, SANTABARBARA,
   GUNTHER, CARROLL, GALEF, NIOU, DINOWITZ,  BLAKE,  SEAWRIGHT,  SOLAGES,
   HARRIS, JENNE, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLE-
   BRIGHT,  HYNDMAN,  LUPARDO,  McDONOUGH, NOLAN, SIMON, STECK, THIELE --
   read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accord-
   ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee  --  again  reported  from said committee with amendments, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  the  testing  of
   certain newborns for cytomegalovirus and public education thereon
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 2500-a of the public health law,
 as amended by chapter 184 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  1.  It  shall  be the duty of the administrative officer or other
 person in charge of each institution  caring  for  infants  twenty-eight
 days  or  less  of  age  and  the  person  required  in pursuance of the
 provisions of section forty-one hundred thirty of this chapter to regis-
 ter the birth of a child, to cause to have administered  to  every  such
 infant or child in its or his care a test for:
   I. phenylketonuria,
   II. homozygous sickle cell disease,
   III. hypothyroidism,
   IV. branched-chain ketonuria,
   V. galactosemia,
   VI. homocystinuria,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01942-05-8

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