Bill Text: NY A01309 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires hospitals and other facilities to permit a person, prior to surgery, to either pre-donate his or her own blood or to bring his or her own donor for selective blood donation on an in-patient or out-patient basis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-27 - enacting clause stricken [A01309 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01309-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1309
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ,  M. G. MILLER  --  read once and
          referred to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to selective pre-sur-
          gery blood donation
          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  2805-z to read as follows:
     3    § 2805-z. Selective pre-surgery blood donation. 1. Hospitals and other
     4  facilities approved pursuant to this  article  shall  permit  a  person,
     5  prior to surgery on an in-patient or out-patient basis:
     6    (a)  to donate his or her own blood for possible transfusion into such
     7  patient; and
     8    (b) to bring other persons to donate blood  for  possible  transfusion
     9  into  such  patient. Blood donated pursuant to this subdivision shall be
    10  stored in a place and manner approved by the commissioner.
    11    2. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations containing guidelines
    12  for fees to recover the cost to such  hospital  or  other  facility  for
    13  drawing  the  blood  pursuant to subdivision one of this section and for
    14  the storage thereof.
    15    3. When a person is admitted for surgery on an in-patient  or  out-pa-
    16  tient  basis  and  blood  has  been  previously donated for such patient
    17  pursuant to subdivision one of this  section,  such  person  shall  give
    18  written  direction  regarding  blood  to  be used for transfusion in the
    19  event that his or her pre-donated blood supply  is  exhausted  and  more
    20  blood for transfusion is needed.
    21    §  2.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
    22  after it shall have become a law, provided, however,  that  the  commis-
    23  sioner  of  health  shall  promulgate rules and regulations necessary to
    24  effectuate the provisions of this act prior to such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03484-01-7