Bill Text: NY A01220 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires written notification to parents of infant's whose DNA or blood spots are retained.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A01220 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01220-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1220 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRES- PO, FINCH, GLICK, HOOPER, PERRY, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to parental notifica- tion of newborn DNA storage The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2500-l to read as follows: 3 § 2500-l. Parental consent for newborn DNA storage. Notwithstanding 4 any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no test, 5 DNA, blood spot or other genetic information shall be retained with the 6 infant's identifying information for any period of time or 7 distributed/sent to any lab for any purpose other than what is necessary 8 for the evaluation or interpretation of the testing for the required 9 diseases and conditions without the written consent from the infant's 10 parents. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04943-01-7
