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Assembly Bill A1153
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAHILL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Margaret Markey
Steven Cymbrowitz
Ellen C. Jaffee
multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
Dennis H. Gabryszak
2013-A1153 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A1153 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes an eleven member genetics advisory council; provides for its powers, functions and duties; provides for a preliminary report to the governor and legislature before March 1, 2015 and a final report by December 1, 2015 on issues relating to genetic counseling, genetic testing and public education.
2013-A1153 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1153 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, MARKEY, CYMBROWITZ, JAFFEE -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, GABRYSZAK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT in relation to establishing a genetics advisory council THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Genetics advisory council. 1. The New York state genetics advisory council is hereby established. It shall consist of eleven members appointed by the governor, three of whom shall be nominees of the temporary president of the senate, three of whom shall be nominees of the speaker of the assembly, three of whom shall be nominees of the commissioner of health, one of whom shall be a nominee of the minority leader of the senate, and one of whom shall be a nominee of the minority leader of the assembly. Of the eleven members, no fewer than three shall be practicing genetic counselors with at least five years' profes- sional experience in the state of New York, one nominated each by the department of health, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly; no fewer than two shall be clinical geneti- cists, medical geneticists or genetic laboratory specialists (molecular biologists with a genetics specialization) both nominated by the depart- ment of health; two shall be bio-ethicists associated with a research institute in bio-medical ethics located in New York state, one each nominated by the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly; no fewer than one shall be associated with an advocacy group for persons suffering from or genetically predisposed to a genet- ically influenced disease; and no fewer than one representative from an insurance company shall be an expert on the topic of the use of genetic testing by insurers. Membership on the advisory council shall be geographically representative of the state. The members shall serve three year terms, except that of the first three nominees of the tempo- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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