| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2020 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8570
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D) 16th Senate District
2019-S8570 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S8570 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8570
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing for the
testing of certain infectious diseases at pharmacies
PURPOSE:
To permit licensed pharmacists to order and administer infectious
diseases tests approved by the FDA in a declared state of emergency.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends Section 579 of the Public Health Law by adding subdi-
vision 4, to permit licensed pharmacists, during a declared state of
emergency, to order and administer tests to patients suspected of an
infectious disease or its antibodies, provided such test is approved by
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Requires certification of waiver
requirements pursuant to the Federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
2019-S8570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8570
I N S E N A T E
June 16, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN, LIU -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing for the
testing of certain infectious diseases at pharmacies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 579 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. (A) THIS TITLE SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE IN A DECLARED STATE OF EMER-
GENCY, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, TO ANY
LICENSED PHARMACISTS ORDERING INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTS, APPROVED BY THE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, TO DETECT THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE OR ITS
ANTIBODIES, AND ADMINISTERING SUCH TESTS, SUBJECT TO CERTIFICATE OF
WAIVER REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVE-
MENT ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT, TO PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE, OR SUSPECTED OF HAVING RECOVERED FROM AN INFECTIOUS
DISEASE, SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OF APPROPRIATE TRAINING DEVELOPED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
(B) IN A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, LICENSED PHARMACISTS SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS A
QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECTING A LIMITED
SERVICE LABORATORY, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, TO
TEST PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE OR ITS ANTIBODIES
PROVIDED THAT SUCH TEST IS APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
AND WAIVED FOR ITS USE IN A LIMITED SERVICE LABORATORY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16653-01-0
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