Assembly Bill A8837

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to source plasma donation centers

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7708 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8837 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7708
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§571 & 575-a, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.2119 & A.228)

2021-A8837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to source plasma donation centers and certain services they provide.

2021-A8837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8837
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  certain  services
   provided by source plasma donation centers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 2-b of section 571 of the public  health
 law,  subdivision  2  as  amended by chapter 436 of the laws of 1993 and
 subdivision 2-b as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021  amending  the
 public  health  law  relating  to  source  plasma  donation  centers, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2119 and A. 228, are amended to
 read as follows:
   2. "Blood bank" means a facility for the collection, processing, stor-
 age and/or distribution of human blood, blood components or blood deriv-
 atives, BUT SHALL NOT MEAN A SOURCE PLASMA DONATION CENTER.
   2-b. "Plasmapheresis" means a procedure [in] BY which, during a single
 visit to the facility, blood is removed from an individual,  the  source
 plasma  separated  from  the formed elements, and at least the red blood
 cells are returned to the donor.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 575-a of the public health law, as added
 by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the public health law relating
 to source plasma donation centers,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 2119 and A. 228, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  [A] NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR AND SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER,  A  source
 plasma donation center may collect source plasma through plasmapheresis,
 and  may  employ  a  person to perform total protein tests using digital
 refractometers, AND TO PERFORM HEMATOCRIT TESTS, if  the  source  plasma
 donation  center  and  such  person  comply with all the requirements of
 federal law and regulations governing the collection of  source  plasma,
 including,  but not limited to, laws governing staff supervision, train-
 ing, and duties, including requirements  for  performing  total  protein
 tests using digital refractometers in a source plasma donation center.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00571-02-2

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