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Senate Bill S7955

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting drug testing of pregnant women

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Women's Issues Committee

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2019-S7955 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Women's Issues
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-p, Civ Rts L

2019-S7955 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting drug testing of pregnant women unless the woman consents or the testing is necessary for a medical emergency.

2019-S7955 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7955
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation  to  prohibiting  drug
   testing of pregnant women
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 79-p to read as follows:
   § 79-P. DRUG TESTING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN; PROHIBITED. 1.  NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO PERSON OR ORGANIZATION SHALL REQUIRE
 A PREGNANT WOMAN TO SUBMIT TO DRUG TESTING UNLESS SUCH WOMAN CONSENTS TO
 SUCH TESTING OR SUCH TESTING IS NECESSARY FOR AN EMERGENCY  PURPOSE.  IN
 THE  CASE  THAT  THE DRUG TESTING IS PERFORMED FOR AN EMERGENCY PURPOSE,
 THE RESULTS SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND  NOT  BE  USED  FOR  PURPOSES
 OTHER THAN THE TREATMENT OR DIAGNOSES OF A DISEASE OR MEDICAL ISSUE.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "EMERGENCY PURPOSE" SHALL MEAN ANY
 INSTANCE WHERE SUCH DRUG TESTING IS DETERMINED  TO  BE  NECESSARY  BY  A
 MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AND SUCH PREGNANT WOMAN IS INCAPACITATED AND UNABLE
 TO CONSENT 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.
                                                            LBD06057-02-0

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