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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 6, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  accessibility  to
   bone  marrow  registry information; and to amend a chapter of the laws
   of 2020, amending the public health  law  relating  to  requiring  the
   department  of health to develop and disseminate information regarding
   bone marrow  donor  programs  and  authorizing  physicians,  physician
   assistants  and  nurse  practitioners  to  provide such information to
   patients, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  6705  and  A.
   5370-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4369 of the public health law, as added by a  chap-
 ter  of  the  laws  of  2020, amending the public health law relating to
 requiring the department of health to develop and  disseminate  informa-
 tion  regarding  bone  marrow donor programs and authorizing physicians,
 physician assistants and nurse practitioners to provide such information
 to patients, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  6705  and  A.
 5370-A, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4369.  Bone  marrow  registry  information. 1. The commissioner, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AND OTHERS WITH EXPERTISE IN
 BONE MARROW DONATION AND TRANSPLANT AND with the assistance of the tran-
 splant council AS APPROPRIATE, shall develop and make available informa-
 tion regarding bone marrow donation and registries,  including  but  not
 limited  to  the  National  Marrow Donor Program "Be The Match Registry"
 registry and The Bone Marrow Foundation. Such information shall include,
 but not be limited to:
   (a) the need for bone marrow donations;
   (b) patient populations that would benefit from bone marrow donations;
   (c) how to join [the] A bone marrow registry; and
   (d) how to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow registry.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   2. The information required by this section shall  be  made  available
 [to  the  public  by  the commissioner] on the department's website [and
 through other means determined  by  the  commissioner.  The  information
 shall  also  be  provided  by  the commissioner to physicians, physician
 assistants  and  nurse  practitioners providing primary care for dissem-
 ination under subdivision three of this section.
   3. Each physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner  provid-
 ing  primary  care may inquire of new patients who are eighteen years of
 age or older and under forty-five years of  age  on  their  new  patient
 intake form as to whether the patient is registered with the bone marrow
 registry.  If  the  patient states that he or she is not registered with
 the bone marrow registry, the physician, physician  assistant  or  nurse
 practitioner  providing primary care shall provide information developed
 and disseminated by the department regarding the bone marrow registry to
 the patient] IN A PRINTABLE FORMAT TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC  TO  ACCESS  SUCH
 INFORMATION  AND FOR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE TO
 PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION TO PATIENTS WHO ARE EIGHTEEN YEARS  OF  AGE  OR
 OLDER  AND  UNDER  FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE NOT REGISTERED WITH A
 BONE MARROW REGISTRY.
   § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending  the  public
 health law relating to requiring the department of health to develop and
 disseminate information regarding bone marrow donor programs and author-
 izing  physicians,  physician  assistants  and  nurse  practitioners  to
 provide such information to patients, as proposed in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 6705 and A. 5370-A, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect [on the first of January next succeed-
 ing  the  date  upon  which]  ONE YEAR AFTER it shall have become a law.
 Effective immediately [the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date are authorized to be made and completed  on  or  before],  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  MAY  MAKE  REGULATIONS  AND TAKE OTHER ACTIONS
 REASONABLY NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT ON such date.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
 same manner as section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending  the
 public  health  law  relating  to  requiring the department of health to
 develop and disseminate information regarding bone marrow donor programs
 and authorizing physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners
 to provide such information to  patients,  as  proposed  in  legislative
 bills numbers S. 6705 and A. 5370-A, takes effect.