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Assembly Bill A1135

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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2021-A1135 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S568
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4360, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7214, S5032
2023-2024: A117, S3230

2021-A1135 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A1135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1135
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 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.
                                                            LBD02061-01-1

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