NY State Senate Bill 2021-S1620

Senate Bill S1620

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Permits any uninsured individual to receive free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing

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- Passed Assembly
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Jan 14, 2021	referred to health

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2021-S1620 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A737
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8123, A10494

2021-S1620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits any uninsured individual to receive free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing; such information shall be afforded confidentiality protection.

2021-S1620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1620

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act permitting any uninsured individual to receive free coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would permit any uninsured individual to receive free corona-
virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing. The state would provide for the
cost of the testing.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that any uninsured individual, regardless of immi-
gration status, shall be eligible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) testing at no cost. All information collected pursuant to this act
shall be confidential as provided for under state, federal or any other
applicable law related to the confidential treatment of patient and

medical data. Access to such information shall be limited and used only
to the extent that the information is necessary to protect public
health.

Section 2 provides that funding, within available appropriations, shall
be provided for testing pursuant to section one of this act.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The federal government and New York State have declared emergencies over
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This bill would permit any unin-
sured individual to receive free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
testing. The State would pay for the cost of testing. All information
collected pursuant to this act shall be confidential as provided for
under state, federal or any other applicable law related to the confi-
dential treatment of patient and medical data

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Funding, within available appropriations, shall be provided for testing
pursuant to section one of this act.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S1620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1620
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SANDERS, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT permitting any uninsured individual to receive  free  coronavirus
   disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision to the  contrary,  any  unin-
 sured individual, regardless of immigration status shall be eligible for
 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing at no cost.  All information
 collected  pursuant  to  this  act shall be confidential as provided for
 under state, federal or any other applicable law related to  the  confi-
 dential  treatment  of patient and medical data. Access to such informa-
 tion shall be limited and used only to the extent that  the  information
 is necessary to protect public health.
   §  2.  Funding, within available appropriations, shall be provided for
 testing pursuant to section one of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00588-01-1

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James Sanders Jr.