Senate Bill S8570

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for the testing of certain infectious diseases by pharmacists

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • 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-S8570 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10699
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §579, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1742, A1534
2023-2024: S5263, A9979

2019-S8570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for the testing of certain infectious diseases by pharmacists.

2019-S8570 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8570
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  ADDABBO, HOYLMAN, LIU -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing for the
   testing of certain infectious diseases at pharmacies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 579 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. (A) THIS TITLE SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE IN A DECLARED STATE OF EMER-
 GENCY,  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, TO ANY
 LICENSED PHARMACISTS ORDERING INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTS, APPROVED BY  THE
 FOOD  AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION, TO DETECT THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE OR ITS
 ANTIBODIES, AND ADMINISTERING SUCH  TESTS,  SUBJECT  TO  CERTIFICATE  OF
 WAIVER REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVE-
 MENT  ACT  OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT, TO PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF AN
 INFECTIOUS DISEASE, OR SUSPECTED OF HAVING RECOVERED FROM AN  INFECTIOUS
 DISEASE,  SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OF APPROPRIATE TRAINING DEVELOPED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   (B) IN A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, LICENSED PHARMACISTS  SHALL  BE  DESIGNATED  AS  A
 QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECTING A LIMITED
 SERVICE  LABORATORY,  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, TO
 TEST PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF  AN  INFECTIOUS  DISEASE  OR  ITS  ANTIBODIES
 PROVIDED  THAT SUCH TEST IS APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
 AND WAIVED FOR ITS USE IN A LIMITED SERVICE LABORATORY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16653-01-0

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