Assembly Bill A9759

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   9759
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2020
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 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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:
   § 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10640-01-9