Assembly Bill A7338

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program

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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-A7338 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3349
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 43-C §4372, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2702
2011-2012: A2519
2013-2014: A3204, S5436
2015-2016: A3124, S2086
2019-2020: A5857, S2566
2021-2022: A5615, S3379
2023-2024: A5999, S1590

2017-A7338 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program within the department of health to promote public awareness of the potential benefits of public cord banking, to promote research into the uses of cord blood, and to facilitate pre-delivery arrangements for public banking of cord blood donations.

2017-A7338 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7338
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. FITZPATRICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   CROUCH, GIGLIO, KOLB, McKEVITT, RAIA, THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  promotion  of
   public umbilical cord blood banking

   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  article
 43-C to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 43-C
                    PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING
 SECTION 4372. PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING PROGRAM.
 
   §  4372.  PUBLIC  UMBILICAL  CORD BLOOD BANKING PROGRAM. 1. THE PUBLIC
 UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING PROGRAM IS HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  WITHIN  THE
 DEPARTMENT  TO  PROMOTE  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  OF THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF
 PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING, TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO  THE  USES
 OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD, AND TO FACILITATE PRE-DELIVERY ARRANGEMENTS FOR
 PUBLIC BANKING OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD DONATIONS.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL:
   (A)  DEVELOP  A  PUBLIC  EDUCATION  AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN, VIA WRITTEN
 MATERIALS, BROCHURES, THE INTERNET, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS  TO
 PROMOTE  PUBLIC  UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OF
 THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND POTENTIAL UMBILICAL  CORD  BLOOD  DONORS  OF  THE
 BENEFITS OF PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING;
   (B)  DEVELOP  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS AND BROCHURES WHICH SHALL BE MADE
 AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL  PUBLIC  AND  POTENTIAL  UMBILICAL  CORD  BLOOD
 DONORS  THROUGH  LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS,
 INCLUDING OBSTETRICIANS,  GYNECOLOGISTS,  PEDIATRICIANS,  AND  MIDWIVES;
 HEALTH  MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATIONS;  HOSPITALS; CLINICS, WALK-IN MEDICAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08639-01-7
              

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