Assembly Bill A5732

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 viruses

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  • 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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2019-A5732 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5506
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8811
2021-2022: A3118
2023-2024: A3526

2019-A5732 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 viruses to the public health department's health care and wellness education and outreach program.

2019-A5732 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5732
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COOK, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  the  HTLV-1  and
   HTLV-2 viruses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public  health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
   (P)  THE  DIAGNOSIS,  TREATMENT  AND  PREVENTION OF HTLV-1 AND HTLV-2,
 INCLUDING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE ON WHERE TO FIND COMMUNITY  SUPPORT
 SERVICES,  SUPPORT GROUPS, RESPITE, AND CARE MANAGEMENT. IN INSTANCES IN
 WHICH VIRAL TYPING IS POSSIBLE, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS  SHALL  DIRECT  TO
 VIRUS  SPECIFIC COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES, SUPPORT GROUPS, RESPITE, AND
 CARE MANAGEMENT AS HTLV-1 AND HTLV-2 ARE TWO DIFFERENT RETROVIRUSES WITH
 DIFFERING EPIDEMIOLOGIES AND  DISEASE  ASSOCIATIONS  REQUIRING  SPECIFIC
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERSONS INFECTED WITH HTLV-1 OR HTLV-2. SUCH MATERI-
 ALS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO CLINICS THAT SPECIALIZE IN SEXUALLY TRAN-
 SMITTED  DISEASES, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
 AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION  FACILITIES.  ALL  INFORMATION  AND  MATERIALS
 SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND UPDATED TO REFLECT BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS
 AND  SHALL BE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMUNI-
 TIES THE MATERIALS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08055-01-9

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