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Assembly Bill A7214A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Adds embryo to the definition of "tissue" for purposes of tissue storage

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2019-A7214 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5032
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4360, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1135, S568
2023-2024: A117, S3230

2019-A7214 - Summary

Relates to adding embryo to the definition of "tissue" for purposes of tissue storage.

2019-A7214 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7214
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to embryo and pre-em-
   bryo banks and storage facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 4360 of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 589 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   10. "Tissue" means a human eye, skin, bone, bone marrow, heart  valve,
 spermatozoon,  ova,  PRE-EMBRYO, EMBRYO, artery, vein, tendon, ligament,
 pituitary gland or a fluid other than blood or a blood derivative.
   § 2. Section 4364 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  ALL EMBRYO AND PRE-EMBRYO BANKS OR STORAGE FACILITIES SHALL COMPLY
 WITH REGULATIONS TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT MAY INCORPO-
 RATE STANDARDS ISO 9001 AND ISO 20387 OF THE INTERNATIONAL  ORGANIZATION
 FOR  STANDARDIZATION,  THE  STANDARDS FOR BIOREPOSITORIES ESTABLISHED BY
 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL  REPOSITORIES
 AND  BY THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS BIOREPOSITORY ACCREDITATION
 PROGRAM, AND THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION GUIDANCE  ON
 "CURRENT GOOD TISSUE PRACTICES".
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
 section two of this act shall take effect on the first of  January  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11044-01-9

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2019-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5032
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4360, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1135, S568
2023-2024: A117, S3230

2019-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adding embryo to the definition of "tissue" for purposes of tissue storage.

2019-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7214--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adding "embryo" to
   the definition of "tissue" for purposes of tissue storage
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 4360 of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 589 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   10. "Tissue" means a human eye, skin, bone, bone marrow, heart  valve,
 spermatozoon,  ova,  EMBRYO,  artery,  vein, tendon, ligament, pituitary
 gland or a fluid other than blood or a blood derivative.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11044-05-0

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