Bill Text: NY A02253 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires hepatitis C virus testing of newborns.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A02253 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A02253-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2253 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hepati- tis C virus testing of newborns 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-m to read as follows: 3 § 2500-m. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV); testing of newborns. 1. In order to 4 improve the health outcomes of newborns, and to improve access to care 5 and treatment for newborns infected with or exposed to Hepatitis C Virus 6 (HCV) and their mothers, the commissioner shall establish a comprehen- 7 sive program for the testing of newborns for the presence of Hepatitis C 8 Virus (HCV) and/or the presence of antibodies to such virus. 9 2. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations governing the imple- 10 mentation of the program required pursuant to subdivision one of this 11 section, including the administration of testing, counseling, tracking, 12 disclosure of test results pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred 13 eighty-two of this chapter, follow-up reviews, and educational activ- 14 ities relating to such testing. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06583-01-3
